THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAGIC SQUAREAS MEDIA FOR
TEACHING VOCABULARY
(An Experimental Research at the Eighth GradeStudents of SMP N1 Padamara in Academic Year 2013/2014)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By:
ERNA MA’RIFAH 0901050150
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
DEDICATION
From the deepest of my heart, this thesis is dedicated to: 1. AllohSWT,thanks for blessing and mercy,so I can finish my thesis. 2. My parents,bapakTumiartotibi and ibuToyimah.Thanks for all your
love,pray,support and everything for me that can not be mentioned one by one.
3. My beloved sister Ariyanti and my beloved brother Rizal NurSetiawan for your pray and support.
4. My big family, thanks for your pray and support.
5. My best friend, bundatari, eniastuti, and estidwianika, meyza, thea. Thanks for your motivation and suggetion.
6. All my friends in English Department. Thanks for being my friend. 7. All lectures of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of
MOTTO 1. God, God, and God (ALLAH SWT) 2. Mother, Mother, and Mother 3. Father, Father, and Father 4. “Wasta’inubisshobri was sholat”
PREFACE
Assalamu’alaikumwr.wb.
first of all, thanks to Allah SWT who given mercy and guidance so that the thesis entitled”The Effectiveness of Magic Square as Media for Teaching Vocabulary at the Eighth Grade Students of Smp N 1 Padamara in the Academic Year
2013/2014 ” can be finished.
Secondly, thanks to the following persons who have given me so much help, motivation and suggestions.
1. Drs. H.SyamsuhadiIrsyad, SH., MH. as the rector of Muhammadiyah University f Purwoerto who has given permission to conduct the research. 2. Drs. Ahmad, M. Pd. as the dean of the Teacher Training and Education
Faculty, who has given permission to conduct the research. 3. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum. as the head of English Departement of
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto , who has given permission to conduct the research.
4. EndangKusrini,S. Pd., M. Hum..as the first supervisor who has given good guidance and advices in finishing the thesis.
5. Listiani, S. Pd., M. Pd. as the first supervisor who has given good guidance and advices in finishing the thesis.
6. Drs. ArifHertanto, M. Pd. as examiner the thesis.
7. HeruPrayitno, S. Pd., M. Si. as the headmaster of SMP N 1 Padamara who has given permission for conducting the research.
9. All of the teachers, student and staffs of SMP N 1 Padamara who has helped in conducting the research.
10.All of the lecturers of English Departement of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto , who has given guidance, knowledge and experience during study.
This thesis still has a lot off mistakes and weaknesses. Therefore, comment and suggestion are needed from all readers. Hopefully this thesis can give significant contributions for education aspect, especially for reference in teaching learning process.
Wassalamu’alaikumwr.wb.
Purwokerto, 6 Agustus 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW A. Vocabulary ... ... 5
1. The Definition of Vocabulary ... 5
4. The Scope of Vocabulary ... 6
5. Learning of Vocabulary.... ... 7
b.Aspect of Learning Vocabulary.... ... 7
c.Problem of Learning Vocabulary.... ... 9
d.Method of Learning Vocabulary.... ... 10
e.principle of Learning Vocabulary.... ... 10
6. Teaching Vocabulary ... 11
7. Testing vocabulary competence ... 13
B. Media ... ... 15
1. The Definition of Media... 15
2. The Kind of Media... ... 15
C. Magic Square... ... 17
1. Definition of Magic Square... ... 17
2. The type of Magic Square... ... 18
3. The Aspect of vocabulary to learn in Magic Square... ... 21
4. The Advantages of Magic Square... ... 22
D. Teaching English Vocabulary Using Magic Square ... 23
E. Basic Assumption ... ... 23
B. Subject of the research ... 25
C. Place and time of Research... 25
D. Technique of Collecting Data ... 25
1. Pre-test ... 25
2. Post-test ... 26
E. Technique of Analyzing Instrument ... ... 27
1. Validity... ... 27
2. Reliability... ... 27
3. Item difficulty... ... 29
F. Technique of Analyzing Data... ... 29
1. Individual students’ competence... .. 29
2. Mean of students’ competence... 30
3. Hypothesis testing... ... 30
4. T-test... ... 32
5. Degree of freedom... ... 32
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. The Result ... 33
1. The Result of Experimental Group and Control Group... ... 34
and Control Group... ... 36 4. T-Test Computation... 37 B. Discussion... 41 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS
A. Conclusion ... 42 B. Suggestion ... 42 REFERENCES
List of Tables
Table 3.1 : The test Specification ……….. ... 26 Table 3.2 : The level of Item Difficulty... 29 Table 3.3 : Pre-test and post test result of experimental and control group
... 30 Table 4.1 :Percentage of Students’ Pre-Test and Post-Test of Experimental
List of Figures
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Pre-test ... 47
Appendix 2: Post-test ... 50
Appendix 3: Answer Key of Pre-Test and post test ... 52
Appendix 4: Validity, Reliability, and Item Difficulty Analysis of pre-test. 53 Appendix 4: Validity, Reliability, and Item Difficulty Analysis of post-test 54 Appendix5-A: Table of Individuals’ CompetenceCategory ... 55
Appendix 5-B: Table of individual score of experimental and control group 56 Appendix 6: t- table ... 57
Appendix 7: r- table ... 59
Appendix8-A: Lesson Plan of Control Group... 60
Appendix 8-B: Lesson Plan of Control Group... ... 66
Appendix 9-A: Lesson Plan of Experimental Group ... 74
Appendix 9-B: Lesson Plan of Experimental Group ... 82
ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAGIC SQUARE AS MEDIA FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY
(An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 1 Padamara in Academic Year 2013/2014)
By: Erna Ma’rifah (0901050150)
