ABSTRACT
JURIAH. 2018.“The Use Of Mass Media In Expanding Students’ Vocabulary Of SmpMuhammadiyah 3 Bontoala( An experimental research “), under the thesis of English Education Departement the Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Makassar Muhammadiyah University ( guided by Basri Dalle and Awalia Azis ).
This research was conducted to the eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bontoalamakassar in academic year of 2016/2017. The problem statement of the research “To what extent the article from magazine in expanding students‟
vocabulary at the eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bontoala Makassar?”
The researcher applied pre-experimental using „pre-test and post-test one group design‟. It consisted of three steps; they were pre-test, treatment, and post- test. The research consisted of five meetings, one meeting for pre-test, three meetings for treatment, and one meeting for post-test. the research employed vocabulary test as the instrument of data collection. The instrument was used in pre-test and post-test.
It was found that the students‟ vocabulary from the pre-test to the post-test had improved highly. It could be seen from the improvement of their pre-test and post- test score. the mean score of the pre-test was 5.77, and it had increased to 7.40 at the post-test.
Based on the data above, the researcher concluded that article from magazine were significant to expand the students‟ vocabulary. This research had proved that article from magazine were a successful teaching method using small teams.
