Improving Students' Vocabulary Mastery by Using Word Chain Game for the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu at Academic Year 2020/2021

Abstract

This research is designed of improving students’ vocabulary by using word chain game for the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu at academic year 2020/2021.The research was described about students’ problems in vocabulary mastery. It had been solved by choosing an appropriate game that is Word Chain Game. There were some problems during this research is students still had lack of vocabulary. The research questions in this research are: (1) To what extent is the students’ vocabulary mastery taught with using word chain game for the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu at academic year 2020/2021? (2) To what extent is the students’ vocabulary mastery taught without using word chain game for the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu at academic year 2020/2021? (3) Is there any significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery taught with and without using word chain game for the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu at academic year 2020/2021? In this research, the population was 300 students in the eighth grade. The samples were 2 classes. There were 30 students in Class VIII A controlled class and 30 students in VIII B as experimental class. The research applied non equivalent control group design. The instrument used to collect the data was multiple choice test. The value of t_table with (df) = 58 and a significance level of 0.025 (2-sided test) is 2.020. If -t_count<t_tabel or t_count>t_tabel then H0 is rejected. The calculation results show -3,077 -2,020 or 2,425 > 2,020, and the significance 0.05 (0.19 ˂ 0.05).It means that hypothesis Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. There was significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery taught with and without using Word Chain game for the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Bumiayu”. For the English lecturer, it is hoped to teach this game so that the university students who will become teachers can apply this game while they are teaching vocabulary.