(An Experimental Research at the VII Grade Students of SMP Negeri 7 Cilacap in the Academic Year 2012/2013)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for S.Pd. Degree
By FERDIANA
0901050144
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
MOTTO
A happy person who likes to imagine a good result tends to
have a free, positive, and motivated thinking; popular; and
more often of getting successful.
Whereas…
A person who likes to imagine the worst probability tends to
have a worried heart, blocked mind, complaining, and more
often of getting failure.
The message is simple…
Choose the best choice for you.
DEDICATION
All praises to Allah SWT., I would like to present this little creation to:
1. My beloved mother and father. Thank you very much for your blessing, holly prayer, endless love, big support, great motivation, and everything I need. You have given so much meaningful gift in my life. Finally, I can prove that I can do what you want. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
2. My brothers, Mujiyatmoko Muchroni and Hari Setyawan Muchroni who always support me to finish my study.
3. My beloved sisters, Dwi Tantri and Nisa Hikmawati Solihah, thank you so much for your helping and supporting me when I lack of spirit. You have colored my life. I love you so much.
4. All of my friends in Griya Amanah (GA) boarding house, Endah, Wulan, Via, Mely, Umu, Rojak, Rezki, and the others, sorry I cannot mention all people in GA, thank you so much for your support and our togetherness all of these times before. I will miss you all.
5. All of my friends of English Department and other faculties (2009) in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. Thank you so much for being my friends and our togetherness all of these times before.
6. All lectures of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. Thanks for giving me a billion of knowledge, experience, and everything I need.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Praise to Allah SWT. who always gives his blessing, guidance, and mercy, so that the writer can complete and finish writing the thesis as a partial fulfillment of requirements for the S.Pd. degree in English department of teacher training and education faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. In this occasion, the writer would like to express the deepest thank to:
1. Dr. H. Syamsuhadi Irsyad, S.H., M.H. as the Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto who has given his permission to conduct the research.
2. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd. as the Dean of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for the encouragement to do this thesis.
3. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum. as the Head of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for assisting the writer in accomplishing the research.
4. Dr. Furqanul Aziez, M.Pd. as the first consultant who has given much attention so that the researcher could finish this thesis.
5. Listiani, M.Pd. as the second consultant who has given much attention so that the researcher could finish this thesis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
MOTTO ... v
DEDICATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... ix
LIST OF FIGURES ... xii
LIST OF TABLES ... xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xiv
ABSTRACT ... xv
CHAPTER I : Introduction A. The Background of Research ... 1
B. The Statement of Problem ... 3
C. The Aim of Research ... 3
D. The Reasons for Choosing the Topic ... 3
E. Contributions ... 4
CHAPTER II : Literature Review
B. Teaching and Learning Vocabulary 1. Teaching Vocabulary ... 14
3. The Procedures of Teaching Vocabulary using Scattergories .... 22
4. The Rules of Scattergories ... 24
5. The Adaptations of Scattergories ... 25
6. The Advantages of Scattergories ... 26
7. The Disadvantages of Scattergories ... 27
E. The Previous Relevant Studies... 27
F. Basic Assumption ... 28
CHAPTER III : Research Methodology
A. The Method of Research ... 29
B. The Participants of Research ... 30
C. The Place and Time of Research ... 31
D. The Technique of Collecting Data ... 31
E. The Technique of Analyzing Instrument ... 32
F. The Technique of Analyzing Data ... 35
CHAPTER IV : Result and Discussion A. Result of The Research 1. Percentage of Individual Competence ... 40
2. Percentage of Classical Vocabulary Competence ... 45
3. t-test ... 45
B. Discussion ... 46
CHAPTER V : Conclusion and Suggestion A. Conclusion ... 48
B. Suggestion ... 48
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: The Pre-test and Post-test Results of Control Class ... 40 Figure 2: The Pre-test and Post-test Results of Experimental Class ... 41 Figure 3: The Comparison of Pre-test Result of Control Class and Experimental Class ... 43 Figure 4: The Comparison of Post-test Result of Control Class and Experimental
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: The Individual Student‟s Competence in the Control Class ... 72 Table 2: The Categorization of Individual Students‟ Competence of Pre-test in
Control Class ... 73 Table 3: The Categorization of Individual Students‟ Competence of Post-test in
Control Class ... 73 Table 4: The Individual Student‟s Competence in Experimental Class ... 74 Table 5: The Categorization of Individual Students‟ Competence of Pre-test in
Experimental Class ... 75 Table 6: The Categorization of Individual Students‟ Competence of Post-test in
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Validity, Reability, and Item Difficulty Analysis ... 53
Appendix 2: Subject of the Research ... 70
Appendix 3: Individual Student's Result ... 72
Appendix 4: t-test Computation ... 79
Appendix 5: r table ... 82
Appendix 6: t table ... 83
Appendix 7: Lesson Plan of Control Class ... 84
Appendix 8: Lesson Plan of Experimental Class ... 109
Appendix 9: Scattergories Papers ... 129
Appendix 10: Pre-test and Post-test ... 132
ABSTRACT
TEACHING VOCABULARY TO YOUNG LEARNERS USING SCATTERGORIES
(An Experimental Research at the VII Grade Students of SMP Negeri 7 Cilacap in the Academic Year 2012/2013)
By FERDIANA
0901050144
The main purpose of the present study is to find out the effectiveness of Scattergories in teaching vocabulary to young learners. This study was conducted in SMP N 7 Cilacap in the academic year 2012/2013. There were 68 participants involved in the research who were divided into two classes; control class and experimental class. Both classes were taught to the same learning content, however, the experimental class received the treatment regarding Scattergories and the control class was taught by conventional technique. In collecting the data, it was used tests those were pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was given before the treatment and post-test was given after the treatment.
The result of the t-test analysis showed that the experimental students who used Scattergories had a better performance than the control students who did not use it. The result of the t-test value was 4.305 with the t-table value (1.669), which showed at the significance level with df = 66, so it means that the t-test value was higher than t-table (4.305 > 1.669). Based on the study result, the study showed that Scattergories was effective for teaching vocabulary at the VII grade students of SMP N 7 Cilacap in the academic year 2012/2013.
