THE ROLE OF PLAYING ONLINE GAMES IN TEEN’S DEVELOPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY
A THESIS
BY
RIDHO VANDI H AMBARITA REG. NO. 110705101
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as Thesis for the Sarjana Sastra
Examination.
Head, Secretary,
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in Partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on Friday, 10th July 2014
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara
Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001
Board of examiners
Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S _______________
Rahmadsyah Rangkuty, MA. Ph.D _______________
Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip. TESOL, M.Hum _______________
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TITLE OF THESIS : THE ROLE OF PLAYING ONLINE GAMES IN TEEN’S
DEVELOPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY QUALIFICATIONS : S-1/ SARJANA SASTRA
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
All the praise, honor and glory be to Jesus Christ the Lord, the almighty, and the Savior who always gives the loves and strength through my life, especially during the Process of writing the thesis. Because of Him, I am able to finish it.
In this occasion, I would to express my deep gratitude and high appreciation to Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip. TESOL., M.Hum as the supervisor and Drs. Yulianus Harefa M.Ed. TESOL as the co-supervisor, for their useful aids and suggestion, and especially for their time in order to give me guidance in completing this thesis.
I would to express my gratefulness to the chairman and secretary of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M. S and Rahmadsyah Rangkuty, MA. Ph.D., for all facilities given to me that enable me to finish my study in this faculty. I feel indebted to all lecturers who given me their precious thoughts and knowledge.
I am profoundly grateful to my beloved parents, St. Ir. J. Ambarita and S. Situmorang, A.md, who always pray and advice me for my success also to my sisters and brothers for their attention.
I also express my amazing thanks to my beloved Verama Pakpahan, my closed friends in this campus Anna, Dani, Mesrani, Nova, Raja, Rinova, my sister in campus Herta, and all that I can’t mention.
Finally I do thanks very much to my old closed friends “PAR DESTINASI” Vicrus, Vito, Riana, Era, Meiska, Diana, and all that I can not mention.
Medan, 10 July 2015
The Writer
Ridho Vandy H Ambarita
ABSTRAK
Skripsi yang berjudul “The Role of playing Online Games in Teens’
Developing Vocabulary” ini adalah studi mengenai pengaruh bermain game
online dalam perkembangan vocabulary bahasa Inggris remaja. Studi ini
menggunakan metode kualitatif. Miles dan Huberman (1994) mendefinisikan cara
penelitian kualitatif adalah untuk menemukan makna data berdasarkan tujuan
yang telah ditetapkan oleh peneliti. Studi ini diadakan di SMP Neg 45 Medan dan
sebagian muridnya yang menjadi pesertanya. Data adalah kata-kata yang terdapat
di Pointblank yang dijadikan pertanyaan untuk mengetahui artinya dalam bahasa
Indonesia. Sumber data studi ini adalah ‘online game Pointblank’. Untuk
mempermudah menemukan hasil penelitian, penulis menggunakan tabel dan
diagram. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tingkat keseringan seseorang
bermain online games berpengaruh dalam pengertian Remaja akan kosakata
bahasa Inggris.
ABSTRACT
This Thesis entitled "The Role of playing Online Games in Teens'
Developing Vocabulary" This is a study of the influence of online gaming in the
development of English vocabulary teenagers. This study using qualitative
methods. Miles and Huberman (1994) defined the way of qualitative research was
to find the meaning of data based on the goals stated by the researcher. This study
is held in the SMP Neg. 45 Medan and some of his students became participant.
Data from this study are the words contained in Pointblank who made inquiries to
find meaning in Indonesian. The data source of this thesis is online game
'Pointblank'. To make easy the finding of research results, the writer use tables
and diagrams. The results showed that, how frequently teenagers influential
within understanding the vocabulary contained in Pointblank.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS ……….. 20
4.2 Findings ……….………. 34
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ………. 35
5.1 Conclusions ………...………….. 35
5.2 Suggestions ………...……….. 36
