SPELLING BEE GAME AS A TECHNIQUE
IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FOURTH GRADERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By
NAVINDRI DWI OVANINGTYAS 201232030
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT
TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
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SPELLING BEE GAME AS A TECHNIQUE
IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FOURTH GRADERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in Departement of English Education
By
NAVINDRI DWI OVANINGTYAS NIM 201232030
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
Health is the most precious grace given by Allah.
Always be yourself no matter what they say and never be anyone else even if
they look better than you.
Do the best and pray. Allah will take care of the rest.
DEDICATION
The writer dedication this Skripsi to:
Her beloved Mother (Saodah) and Father (Alm.
Kasmun).
Her beloved Old sister (Meiliana), Brother in law
(Bambang), Young brother (Okky) and Nephew
(Virendra).
Her beloved friends (Iffah, Suci, Tiyan, Rudi,
Nabila, Ulum, Ika, Nugroho, Wahab) who always
support her and all of the writer friends in
Departement of English Education UMK.
All of the lecturers in UMK for all their knowledge
and supports.
Somebody who taught her what life is supposed to
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. There will never be another greatest thank
except to Allah SWT for blessing and guidance, so the writer can finish her
skripsi entitled “Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching English Vocabulary to the Fourth Graders of Elementary School”.
This skripsi wou;d never be completed without assistance of others.
Therefore, the writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muria Kudus Univesity.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the Head of English Education Departement.
3. Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd, as the first advisor who was giving in
valuable guidance, showing the appropriate references and helping her in all
of the difficulties. Moreover, for her kindness and helpfulness corrections to
this final project until its completion.
4. Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum, as the second advisor who has read this final
project carefully and given many useful seggestions and also corrections for
its improvement.
5. All of lecturers and staff of English Education Department Teacher Training
and Education Faculty.
6. Trisno Budi Miyarno, S.Pd, as the Head Master of SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara
7. Naillurrohmah Mardiyanti, S.Pd, as the English Teacher of SDN 3
Bandengan Jepara who gave her time in helping this research.
8. The fourth graders of SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara in academic year of
2015/2016 for their corporation.
9. Her beloved parents, old sister, brother in law, young brother, nephew and
boyfriend, for their love, pray, support and do the best for her.
10. Her close friends; Iffah Ch. Faridj, Suci Kurniawati, Siti Fatimah
Tastaftiyan who always support her and all of the writer friend in
Departement of English Education UMK.
The writer do expects that this research will be useful for those, especially
who are in the field of education.
Kudus, June 2016
ix ABSTRACT
Ovaningtyas, Navindri Dwi. 2016. Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching English Vocabulary to the Fourth Graders of Elementary School. Skripsi.English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University.Advisors (I) Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. (II) Fajar Kartika,SS, M.Hum.
Keyword: Spelling Bee Game as a Technique to Teach Vocabulary
One of the parts in creating and understanding English is vocabulary mastery. It is basic components of English language which must be mastered by students in order to make them be able in practicing and applying English. Without mastering vocabulary people cannot express their opinion and ideas. In fact, when the writer observed, the writer found that some of the students at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara were not good at vocabulary and also the student’s did not understand the content when the teacher speaks. The technique used by the teacher that is drilling. It is the reason, why the writer used Game as a technique. This Game is called Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee is a kind of competition where the competitors have to compete to spell words given correctly. In this research, Spelling Bee Game is an activity played by individual or team students to spell the word on picture. Spelling Bee Game is a game that combines “spelling bee” competition with the use of picture as media and jumbled words. Spelling Bee Game helps students review the vocabulary, spell the vocabulary and the meaning vocabulary. So the students enable to find or to enrich the vocabulary.
The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is any significant difference between the vocabulary mastery of fourth graders of elementary school before and after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game technique.
This research is an experimental research that is quasi experiment research. Subject of the research used is the fourth graders at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara in the academic year of 2015/2016. The subject of this research contains 27 students; 14 males and 13 females. The writer used a test as instrument of the research. The form of the test is multiple-choice questions (MCQs), fill in the blank and matching. It consists of 30 questions.
The result of this research shows that there is any significant difference between the vocabulary mastery of fourth graders of elementary school before and after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game technique.
ABSTRAK
Ovaningtyas, Navindri Dwi. 2016. Permainan Spelling Bee sebagai Teknik dalam Pengajaran Kosakata Bahasa Inggris siswa kelas IV Sekolah Dasar. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing (I) Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. (II) Fajar Kartika,SS, M.Hum.
Kata Kunci: Permainan Spelling Bee sebagai Teknik untuk Mengajar Kosakata
Salah satu bagian dalam menciptakan dan memahami bahasa Inggris adalah kemampuan kosakata. Ini adalah komponen dasar dari bahasa Inggris yang harus dikuasai oleh siswa agar mereka dapat berlatih dan menerapkan bahasa Inggris. Tanpa menguasai kosa kata orang tidak dapat mengungkapkan pendapat dan ide-ide mereka. Bahkan, ketika penulis mengamati, penulis menemukan beberapa siswa di SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara yang kurang baik dalam kosakata dan siswa juga kurang paham ketika guru berbicara. Teknik yang digunakan oleh guru yaitu teknik drilling. Ini adalah alasan, mengapa penulis menggunakan permainan sebagai teknik. Permainan ini disebut Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee adalah semacam kompetisi di mana pesaing harus bersaing untuk mengeja kata-kata yang diberikan dengan benar. Dalam penelitian ini, permainan Spelling Bee adalah kegiatan yang dimainkan oleh siswa baik individu atau tim untuk mengeja kata sesuai gambar. Permainan Spelling Bee adalah permainan yang menggabungkan kompetisi "spelling bee" dengan penggunaan gambar sebagai media dan kata-kata acak. Permainan Spelling Bee membantu siswa meninjau kosakata, mengeja kosakata dan makna kosakata. Sehingga siswa memungkinkan untuk menemukan atau untuk memperkaya kosa kata.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas IV sekolah dasar sebelum dan setelah diajar dengan menggunakan teknik Permainan Spelling Bee .
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimental yaitu penelitian eksperimen kuasi . Subjek penelitian yang digunakan adalah siswa kelas empat di SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara Tahun Ajaran 2015/2016 . Subjek penelitian ini berisi 27 siswa ; 14 laki-laki dan 13 perempuan . Penulis menggunakan tes sebagai instrumen penelitian . Bentuk tes ini adalah pilihan ganda ( MCQs ) , mengisi kosong dan pencocokan . Ini terdiri dari 30 soal.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas IV sekolah dasar diajarkan sebelum dan setelah menggunakan teknik permainan Spelling Bee.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
ABSTRACT ... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION... 1
1.1 Background of the Research ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem... 5
1.3 Objective of the Research ... 5
1.4 Significance of the Research ... 5
1.5 Scope of the Research ... 6
1.6 Operational Definition ... 7
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS... 8
2.1 Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ... 8
2.1.1 Technique of Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ... 9
2.1.2 The Material of Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ... 9
2.2 Young Learners ... 10
2.3 English Vocabulary as a Component of Language Learning ... 11
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2.5 Spelling Bee Game as a Technique of Teaching ... 16
2.6 The Use of Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching English Vocabulary ... 20
2.7 Review of Previous Researches ... 24
2.8 Theoretical Framework ... 25
2.9 Hypothesis ... 26
CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH... 27
3.1 Design of the Research ... 27
3.2 Subject of the Research ... 29
3.3 Instrument of the Research ... 29
3.4 Data Collection ... 32
3.5 Data Analysis ... 33
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING... 37
4.1 Research Finding ... 37
4.1.1 The Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School before being taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique. ... 37
4.1.2 The Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique. ... 40
4.2 Hypothesis Testing ... 42
4.2.1 The Significant Difference of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School before and after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique. ... 43
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION... 45
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 48
6.2 Suggestion ... 49
REFERENCES ...52
APPENDICES ... 55
STATEMENT... 108
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
3.1 Table of Criteria of Vocabulary’s Score ... 31
3.2 Table of Criteria of Reliability Test ... 33
4.1 The Score of the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders
of Elementary School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee
Game Technique ... 39
4.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth
Graders of Elementary School Before being Taught by using
Spelling Bee Game Technique ... 39
4.3 The Score of the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders
of Elementary School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee
Game Technique ... 41
4.4 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth
Graders of Elementary School After being Taught by using
Spelling Bee Game Technique. ... 42
4.5 The Summary of T-test Result of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth
Graders of Elementary School Before and After being Taught by
LIST OF FIGURES
Figures Page
3.1 Figure 3.1 Figures of group pre-test and post-test Ali ... 28
4.1 The Bar Diagram of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of
Elementary School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee
Game Technique ... 40
4.2 The Bar Diagram of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of
Elementary School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee
Game Technique ... 43
4.3 The Curve of t-test result for the Fourth Graders of Elementary
School Before and After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game
xvii the Fourth Graders of Elementary School ... 94
8. The Score of Try Out of the Fourth Graders of Elementary School ... 96
9. The Tabulation of Try Out Test ... 97
10. The Reliability of the Test Items for Try Out Test for Measuring the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fourth Graders of Elementary School ... 98
11. The list of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique……… ...99
12. The list of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique ... 100
14. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Post-Test
Measuring Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary
School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game
Technique ... 103
15. The Calculation to Find Out T-test of Vocabulary Mastery of
Fourth Graders of Elementary School Before and After being
Taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique ... 105
16. Computing T-test Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of
Elementary School Before and After being Taught by using
Spelling Bee Game Technique... 106
