CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH METHODS
A. Findings
2. The Word Mastery of Students after Use Clustering Technique of Learning Express (LEX) alumni
Alumni, the impact of the clustering technique gave the positive impact toward the word mastery in English. Moreover, the motivation of the students is high, and the difficulties in terms of vocabulary mastery decrease because 80% students said that they don’t have any difficulties on the word mastery after implement the clustering technique.
2. The Word Mastery of Students after Use Clustering Technique of
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage 9 Do you know the meaning of the
word after using the clustering technique in Learning Express (LEX) Activity?
(Apakah anda mengetahui makna dari kata setelah menggunakan teknik pengelompokan di Learning Express ?)
Yes 9 90%
No 1 10%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire 9 students chose "Yes" with a percentage of 90%, while 1 student chose "No"
with a percentage of 10%. After using the clustering approach in the Learning Express exercise, the majority of students understood the meaning of the term.
Table 4.10. The Knowledgement Students of Polysemy
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
10 Do you know the meaning of the word in the form of polysemy ? (the house is located at the foot of the mountain)
(Apakah Anda tahu arti kata dalam bentuk polysemy ? (rumah terletak di kaki gunung))
yes 6 60%
No 4 40%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire number ten's question six students chose "Yes" with a 60% response rate, while four students chose "No" with a 40% response rate. According to the questionnaire responses, the researcher discovered that some students continue to be confused regarding the definition of the word polysemy.
Table 4.11. The Knowledgement About Antonym And Synonym.
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
11 Do you know the meaning of words Yes 10 100%
Synonyms?
(Apakah Anda tahu arti kata-kata dalam bentuk Antonim dan Sinonim?)
As indicated in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire number eleven with the question ten students choose "Yes" with a percentage of 100 percent and zero students chose "No" with a percentage of 0%.
According to the questionnaire answers, all students were aware of the meaning of the term in its anonymous and synonym forms.
Table 4.12 The Knowledgement Students of hyponym.
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage 12 Do you know the meaning of the
word in the form of a hyponym?
(Apakah Anda tahu arti kata dalam bentuk hiponim?)
Yes 4 40%
No 6 60%
As indicated in the table above, four students picked the response "Yes with a percentage of 40%, whereas six students chose "No" with a percentage of 60%. From the questionnaire responses. The researcher concludes that the majority of sudents in Learning Express were unfamiliar with the meaning of words in the hyponymous form.
Table 4.13 The Knowledgement Students of Connotation.
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
13 Do you know the meaning of the word in the form of connotation?
(Apakah Anda tahu arti kata dalam bentuk konotasi?)
Yes 8 80%
No 2 20%
As indicated in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, eight students picked "Yes" with an 80 percent response rate, while two students chose "No" with a 20% response rate. From the questionnaire
connotative form.
Table 4.14. The Knowledgement Students About The Use of Word
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
14 Do you know the use of words after using the clustering technique in Learning Express (LEX) activities?
(Apakah Anda tahu penggunaan kata- kata setelah menggunakan teknik pengelompokan dalam kegiatan Learning Express (LEX)?)
Yes 9 90%
No 1 10%
As indicated in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, nine students chose "Yes" with a percentage of 90% and one student chose "No" with a percentage of 10%. From the questionnaire responses.
In conclusion, the majority of Learning Express graduates were familiar with the use of words following the use of the clustering approach.
Table 4.15 The Clustering Technique dds New Idiom or Metaphors.
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
15 Did you get any new idioms or metaphors while studying in lex activity using clustering technique?
(Apakah Anda mendapatkan idiom atau metafora baru saat belajar dalam aktivitas Learning Express (LEX) menggunakan teknik pengelompokan?)
Yes 8 80%
No 2 20%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, eight students chose "Yes" with an 80% response rate, while two students chose "No" with a 20% response rate. From the questionnaire responses.
The researcher concluded that by clustering techniques, students gained new idioms or metaphors through Learning Express exercises..
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage 16 Do you know the formation of words
after using the clustering technique in Learning Express (LEX) activities?
(Apakah Anda tahu pembentukan kata setelah menggunakan teknik pengelompokan dalam kegiatan Learning Express (LEX) ?)
Yes 9 90%
No 1 10%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, 9 students chose "Yes" with a response rate of 90%, while 1 student chose "No" with a response rate of 10%. From the questionnaire responses. The majority of students at Learning Express correctly formed words after employing the clustering approach..
Table 4.17 The Knowledgement Students of Spelled And The Sounds of Word
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
17 Do you know how the phrase is spelled and how it sounds (die, die, die, and die)?
(Apakah Anda tahu bagaimana frasa itu dieja dan bagaimana kedengarannya (die, die, die dan die)?
Yes 8 80%
No 2 20%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, eight students chose "Yes" with an 80% response rate, while two students chose "No" with a 20% response rate. From the questionnaire responses.
There are still kids who do not understand how some words are spelt or how they sound.
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage 18 Do you know the grammar of words
after using the clustering technique in Learning Express (LEX) activities?
(Apakah Anda tahu tata bahasa kata setelah menggunakan teknik pengelompokan dalam kegiatan Learning Express (LEX)?)
Yes 8 80%
No 2 20%
As shown in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, eight students chose "Yes" with an answer rate of 80%, while two students chose "No" with a response rate of 20%. According to the questionnaire results, several students could not comprehend the grammar of words after employing the clustering approach.
Table 4.19 The Knowledgement Students of Diffrence Between Part of Speech
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage
19 Do you know the difference between nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs?
(Apakah Anda tahu perbedaan antara kata benda, kata kerja, kata sifat dan kata keterangan?)
Yes 10 100%
No 0 0%
As indicated in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, ten students picked "Yes" with a percentage of 100 percent, while zero students chose "No" with a percentage of 0%. From the questionnaire responses. The researcher determined that the students were able to distinguish nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Table 4.20 The Knowledgement Students of Difference Between Countable,
No Questionnaire Answer Total Percentage 20 Do you know the difference between
countable and uncountable, and singular and plural?
(Apakah Anda tahu perbedaan antara kata yang dapat dihitung dan kata yang tak terhitung, dan tunggal dan jamak??)
Yes 10 100%
No 0 0%
As indicated in the table above, based on students' responses to questionnaire, ten students chose "Yes" with a percentage of 100 percent, while one student chose "No" with a percentage of 0%. From the questionnaire responses. The study determined that all former students of Learning Express were familiar with the terms countable, uncountable, plural, and singular.
Based on a questionnaire administered students ability in word mastery is intermediate level because the researcher give the advanced word and most of the students know the meaning properly. The result of questionnaire shows that most of the students alumni get the clustering technique, the clustering technique made the students advanced on word mastery
B. Discussion
1. The Impact of Clustering Technique on the Word Mastery of Learning Express (LEX) Alumni
Clustering Technique is the of the process to mastery in English, in this research there are several impact of clustering technique on the word mastery of learning express alumni such as: lead the students to be more motivated, improve students vocabulary, No huge difficulties in the learning process and
Learning Express (LEX) Alumni, the impact of the clustering technique gave the positive impact toward the word mastery in English. Moreover, the motivation of the students is high, and the difficulties in terms of vocabulary mastery decrease because 80% students said that they don’t have any difficulties on the word mastery after implement the clustering technique. The results of this study inline with research by Andayani (2017) There was effectiveness of using clustering technique to teach vocabulary to the students. The use of clustering approach can enrich the vocabulary for the students.
Meanwhile, research by Dewang & Kamsinah (2017) Contradict with results of study. Dewang & Kamsinah found that the use of Clustering Method is unable to enrich the students’ vocabulary. Different with Rukmana (2020) research, he found that The using Clustering was able to increase the students vocabulary mastery. the results of his study supported the with this study shows the impact of the clustering method can effect to the motivation of the students and also increase the vocabulary mastery of the students, especially for students learning Express Alumni because they already use clustering technique in program of Learning Express (LEX) and the students cooperate with international students from Singapore Polytechnic. Therefore, the students can get new vocabulary even advanced vocabulary from the students of Singapore Polytechnic
Binus students affairs (2019) Learning Express (stylized as LeX) Program is an Overseas Social Innovation Project initiated by Singapore
2 weeks. Students use the Design Thinking methodology to co-create innovative prototype solutions to real-life issues. The positive impact is on knowledge and comprehension, since some students still do not comprehend what is covered in aspects of vocabulary such as the meaning of words in the forms hyponym and polysemy.
According to Harahap (2018), "clustering approach improves when it can be utilized in real-world settings after learning occurs, and students gain confidence in learning English, particularly vocabulary." According to that hypothesis, it looks as though the clustering approach can aid college students in simplifying the process and increasing their confidence in acquiring mastery of the terms while delivering the subject. Based on the findings of the researchers' research, it can be concluded that adopting clustering approach based on Rico in Sabarun (2013) has a number of benefits. Hambali (2021) The Learning Express program can help the primary students gain insight and increase their interest and learning outcomes in learning English.
Therefore, the Students Learning Express (Lex) alumni get the positive impact using clustering technique during the program and also help to gain motivation, limit the difficulties in vocabulary mastery and improve the students word mastey.
Express (LEX) alumni
According to the findings of the research, which included the use of clustering techniques, it was determined that clustering techniques had a significant influence on the word master of Learning Express graduates indicated as intermediate level of knowledge of word mastery. The first is that the clustering approach had a significant influence on several aspects of vocabulary, including the meaning of the word, its creation, its usage, and its grammar, particularly in terms of antonym, synonym, part of speech, singular, plural, countable, and uncountable nouns. Students are highly driven to study English through the clustering method learning process, which has an effect on how all students feel as they grow up through the clustering technique and other learning processes employed in the Learning Express activity.
The clustering strategy can encourage students to pay greater attention to classes and to develop their memory and conceptual vocabulary, so influencing students' word mastering. In relation to prior study, the findings of Kartikasari (2014) and Harahap (2018) indicate that clustering techniques can improve and have an effect on students' word mastering. The knowledge of the students Learning Express (LEX) Alumni after use clustering approach on word mastering shown that the clustering technique increased students' word mastery skills.
According to Hartati (2020) research there was significant influence of word cluster strategy towards students’ vocabulary mastery. The result of the study inline with this research is proven by 80% students know the meaning of the
(LEX) Alumni as intermediate level.
Therefore, Clustering Technique can help the students to enhance of the students skill in vocabulary mastery. It is Proven by most of the words that researcher put in the questionnaire students can answer correctly. Only a few of the students do not know the meaning of the word. So, the students learning express alumni skill in vocabulary mastery indicated as intermediate level.
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Following data collection and analysis, the researcher made some findings and recommendations regarding the influence of clustering approach on word master in Learning Express alumni.
A. Conclusion
Based on the results of the research the conclusion of the research drawn as follows:
1. The impact of clustering technique on the word mastery of learning express (lex) alumni has positive impact. gave the positive impact toward the word mastery in English. Moreover, the motivation of the students is high, and the difficulties in terms of vocabulary mastery decrease because 80% students said that they don’t have any difficulties on the word mastery after implement the clustering technique.
2. The word mastery (knowledge) of the students Learning Express (LEX) Alumni as intermediate level because most of the students know the advance word that researcher give to the students which means that the clustering technique can help the students to the word mastery in English. Clustering approach has an effect on the following components of students' vocabulary: word meaning, word creation, word grammar, and word use. By utilizing the clustering approach, students may maximize their potential, particularly those who are
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B. Suggestions
The researcher would like to provide the following recommendations based on the research's findings and discussion.:
a. Suggestion for teachers
a. English teachers can utilize students' problems to gauge their progress toward mastering the language. For instance, teachers can place a premium on
b. common errors children make in target language performance, particularly in word mastery. To maximize students' ability to expand their word mastering skills, the teacher can explain various objects that are surrounding the classroom or where they are. For instance, the teacher instructs the instructor to pay attention to the objects around them and then asks them to group them into one group according to their needs in part of speech. After discussing or assigning additional work, students can identify and group additional vocabulary according to the rules in part of speech.
c. To help students develop their capacity to broaden their word mastery, teachers can require students to practice word mastering on a regular basis.
This can be accomplished by providing kids with activities or experiences connected to grouping words that are present in their environment. So that students can share their experiences with their friends and get more involved
b. Suggestions for students
Clustering is one of the elements in English language learning that can be more beneficial in terms of acquiring words and adding new vocabulary.
Students should study more and practice analyzing to improve their vocabulary mastery, as well as complete teacher-assigned tasks and homework. They must have the courage to inquire when they do not comprehend the teacher's explanation.
c. Suggestions for Other Researchers
Other researchers should perform additional research on the same object but from a variety of different angles, as students frequently confront a variety of different issues. Although the results of this study are imperfect because they focus exclusively on the clustering technique and do not discuss vocabulary mastery, other researchers can benefit from the information and references provided in this research about the Learning Express Activity developed in collaboration between Muhammadiyah University of Makassar and Singapore Polytechnic.
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