THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WORD ASSOCIATION GAMES TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NINDA, RISA RIZQIA (2024) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WORD ASSOCIATION GAMES TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The first step in learning a language was to build a vocabulary because it was an essential component of language. Students of English as a foreign language (EFL) or English as a second language (ESL) found it challenging to understand the target language without learning and having enough vocabulary. To make teaching and learning easier and more enjoyable, an appropriate approach or methodology was required. One approach for boosting students' happiness and confidence in their ability to study, especially English was through games. One of them was a vocabulary game. The Word Association Game was selected for this study and used to teach vocabulary at the eight grade of SMP Negeri 2 Tanjung Bintang in the academic year of 2023/2024. This research used pre-experimental design method. Whereas the form of the design was "pre-test and post-test one group design" namely research only used one experimental class without any comparison class or control class. The sample of this research was students of 8C class of SMP Negeri 2 Tanjung Bintang. This research used tests to collecting the data, namely pre�test and post-test. The pre-test conducted before the treatment, whereas the post-test conducted after the treatment. The finding of this research could be seen from the difference of the students’ mean score on the pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the pre-test was 36,93 and on the post-test was 37,73. In addition, based on the analysis of the data calculation, it was obtained that value of significant sig. (2 tailed) 0.715 < 0.05. It could be concluded that Ho was accepted and Ha was rejected. There was no significant influence of students vocabulary mastery after the implementation of Word Association Game. It caused students seen less motivated when taking the post-test. Therefore, the researcher suggests that other researchers should focuse more on increasing sstudents’ learning motivation. Keywords : Pre-Experimental Design, Vocabulary, Word Association Game

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