THE INFLUENCE OF APPLICATION OF SPELLING BEE GAME ON THE
STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY COMPETENCE AT THE SEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF MTs TERPADU TUNAS CENDEKIA BABAKANCIWARINGIN
CIREBON
MIMIN MINTARSIH : The Influence of Application of Spelling Bee Game
on the Students’ Vocabulary Competence at the
Seventh Grade Students of MTs Terpadu Tunas
Cendekia Babakan-Ciwaringin Cirebon
English language today has been a general language for communication and
interaction around the world. So, we need to use English language and the mastery of
vocabulary. In English learning, the students need to know more of vocabulary. The
students’ of the seventh grade of Islamic junior high school (MTs Terpadu Tunas
Cendekia) have the difficulties of learning English vocabulary such as they are still
poorly developed in English vocabulary competence especially in spelling. So, would
their vocabulary competence increase by learning English spelling?
The writer tries to bring up an idea in learning vocabulary by using Spelling
Bee game. Spelling bee game in the English learning classroom, practices the teacher
as pronouncer and the students as speller with the depth learning continuously.
Spelling bee game gives the aids to the student in memorizing and understanding the
vocabulary of any English material. While, vocabulary is the total number of words in
a language. So by mastering the vocabulary, the students can practice the English
language.
The approach of this research is using an experimental quantitative approach.
The data that is obtained used the statistical pretest-posttest analysis that calculated
by t-test. And the techniques of collecting the data are by using observation,
questionnaire and test. The population of the research is all of the seventh grade
students at MTs TTC Babakan Ciwaringin. The seventh grade of the students’ at MTs
TTC Babakan Ciwaringin consists of 2 classes; 7a and 7b. The total number of
population comes to 34. And for the sample, the writer use simple random sampling
as many as 33 students.
The students’ response of application of spelling bee game is as big as 67 %,
it means students responded quite positively. The students’ vocabulary competence of
the pretest resulted the average score 6,3. Meanwhile, from the posttest resulted the
average score 7,8. It shows the result of the posttest is higher than the result of the
pretest and means the students’ vocabulary competence increased. The result of t-test
also shows t=6,543 that is compared by t-table=2,036 where it means there is
positive significant influence of application of spelling bee game on the students’
vocabulary competence.
The conclusion is the students responded positively in application spelling bee
game. Their vocabulary competence also increased by this application in the
classroom. So, it has significant correlation in application of spelling bee game on the
students’ vocabulary competence