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THE INFLUENCE OF USING CHARADES GAME TOWARDS STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 1 PESAWARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018
Vocabulary is one of the important language elements that should be mastered by the
students. Based on the preliminary research at SMPN 1 Pesawaran, it was found that
the students’ vocabulary score was still low. The objective of this research was to know
whether there is influence of using Charades game towards students’ vocabulary
mastery or not.
The method of the research was quasi experimental design with the treatment held in
three meetings, 2x40 minutes each. The population of this research was the eighth
grade students of SMPN 1 Pesawaran. For taking the sample, the researcher used
cluster random sampling. The sample taken was two classes, class VIII E as the
experimental class and class VIII J as the control class. Both of them consisted of 42
students. In collecting the data, the researcher used tests. The researcher used the test
instrument in the form of multiple choice. The test consisted of 40 items before validity
test. After the validity test, the instrument test for pre test consisted of 25 items and
post test consisted of 18 items. For analyzing the data, the researcher used independent
sample T-test.
From the data analysis, it was found that the result of T-test was 0.000. This result is
consulted to the score of the value significant generated Sig. (pvalue) = 0.000 < α = 0.05.
Therefore, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. In other words, from this research it is
known that charades game can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. It can be
concluded that there is a significant influence of using charades game towards
students’ vocabulary mastery