THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTIONARY GAME FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Departement as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for S.Pd Degree
By :
Tri Puspitasari 1101050057
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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and guidance, so that the writer could finish this thesis. This is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to get S.Pd. Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. The writer wishes to express her great appreciation and gratefulness to:
1. Drs. Syamsuhadi Irsyad, SH., M. H. As the Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
2. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty on Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
3. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S., M.A as the Head of English Departement of Teacher Training English and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
4. Drs. Arif Hertanto, M. Pd., as my supervisor who always spared his time to guide me wisely and patiently during writing process of this thesis.
5. Muzaeni, S.Pd, as the headmaster of SMP Negeri 2 Pekuncen for permission and helping her did the study in his school.
6. A. Sofyan, S.Pd , as the English teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Pekuncen for helping the researcher did the study in his school.
7. All of the lectures who have delivered their knowledge that very valuable and useful for her life.
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Purwokerto, 15 Januari 2017
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ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTIONARY GAME
FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY
By
TRI PUSPITASARI
1101050057
The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of Pictionary game for teaching vocabulary. This research used quasi experimental involving thirty students of grade VII E as experimental class and thirty students of grade VII G as control class. Pictionary game was applied in experimental class while control class was taught by using conventional technique. Test was used for collecting the data, namely pre-test and post-test, and the instrument was tried out to some of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Pekuncen which was aimed at knowing the validity, realibility, and item difficulty of the instrument. The test consisted of 30 multiple choices items. After data was taken, it was analyzed using t-test formula. The result of t-test computation at the level of significance of 0.05 with degree of freedom 58 = 1.671 was 1.747 which was higher than t-table (1.671), therefore it could be concluded that Pictionary game was effective for teaching vocabulary at the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Pekuncen in academic year 2016/2017.
TABLE OF CONTENT
B. Reason for Choosing the Topic ...5
C. Problem of the Research ...6
D. Aim of the Research ...6
E. Clarification of Terms...6
F. Contribution of Research ...7
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW A. Vocabulary ...8
1. The Definition of Vocabulary ...8
2.The Importance of Vocabulary...9
3. The Types of Vocabulary ...9
4. The Aspect of Vocabulary ...10
B. Teaching Vocabulary...14
C. The Principles of Vocabulary Teaching and Learning ...17
D. Problem of Learning Vocabulary……… ..18
E. Game ...19
1. Definition of Game ...19
2. Kinds of Language Game ...20
F. PictionaryGame ...22
1. Definition of Pictionary Game ...22
3. Teaching Vocabulary Using Pictionary Game………23
4. The Relevant Study………...24
G. Basic Assumption ...25
H. Hypotesis ...26
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Method of TheResesarch ...27
B. Place and Time of The Research ...28
C. Subject of The Research……….28
D. Technique of Collecting Data………....29
E. The Technique of Instrument Analysis ...29
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ...32
CHAPTER 1V RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Result ...36
1. The Result of Experimental Group ...36
2. The Result of Control Group...37
3. Class Mean ...39
4. The Result of T-test ...40
B. Discussion...43
CHAPTER 1V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ...45
B. Suggestion ...45 REFERENCES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Research
Language is a useful tool to communicate with others. One of the languages is English, it is considered as an international language. Therefore, English is as a means of communication with people from other countries. By mastering English, people can communicate with other people especially with foreign people easily and it can decrease misunderstanding while communicate. In Indonesia, English is a foreign language. Learning foreign language is an integrated process of the four basic skills: listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Nevertheless, the students should able to master the language components. They are structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Then, to support the four skills above, we need vocabulary.
