THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDU-GAMES SOFTWARE (CD-ROM) AS MEDIA IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD KANISIUS WONOSARI II
The objective of this research is to know whether or not there is a
significant difference in the vocabulary mastery between the students who are
taught by using Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM) and those who are not taught by
using Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM).
This research is quasi-experimental research in which the choice of the
research sample was done randomly. The sample of this research consisted of 35
students (two classes). The two classes were class 5 A as the experimental group
and 5 B as the control group. The data were collected by using a vocabulary test.
The two groups were given pre-test (before the experiment was conducted) and
the post-test (after the experiment). During the research, the students of 5 A or the
experimental group were taught vocabulary by using Edu-Games Software (CDROM)
as media in the English teaching and learning process, while the control
group were not taught by using Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM). From the tryout,
it was found out that 37 items of the vocabulary mastery test were valid with
the reliability of 0.897. The data were collected by means of a descriptive and an
inferential statistics technique. The test of normality and homogeneity were
conducted before the test of hypothesis was applied.
The data show that the vocabulary mastery of students who were taught
using Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM) is in the very high category. The mean of
the gain scores of the experimental group is 5.67, while the mean of the control
group is only 1.29. Moreover, it was found that there is a significant difference in
the scores of students’ vocabulary mastery (to =3.654; p=0.000) between those
who were taught using Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM) and those who were not.
It can be concluded that the use of Edu-Games Software (CD-ROM) is good to
teach vocabulary for it can increase the vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade
students of SD Kanisius Wonosari II
