The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether the Spot It card game is effective in improving the vocabulary mastery of grade VIII B students of SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar. Based on the above explanation, the researcher is interested in conducting an experimental research under the title "Effectiveness of spot it card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery at SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar". Based on the above background, the researcher formulates the research question as follows: “Is the use of spot it card game effective in improving students' vocabulary mastery in the sense of noun in eighth graders of SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar?.
Based on the above problem, the aim of the research is to find out whether the use of spot it card game is effective in improving students' vocabulary mastery in terms of noun in eighth grade students of SMPMuhammadiyah 6 Makassar. The result of this research is expected to show the effectiveness of using the spot it card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery in terms of noun.
INTRODUCTION
Background
It is proven by the students' scores and the opinion of the teacher of the grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar. One of the activities that can be used effectively in the classroom is the spot it card game. The Spot it card game aims to help students improve their communication skills as well as their enthusiasm for learning new vocabulary.
Problem Statement
Spot it card game is a simple picture on a piece of card or paper to improve students' vocabulary mastery, used as media in the teaching and learning process, and students were able to stimulate their desire to learn vocabulary as well as perfect their knowledge of English Words through this spot it card game. We hope it can make students more able to communicate as well, have motivation in mastering vocabulary and can give positive effect of mastering vocabulary in teaching vocabulary through spot it card game.
Objective of the Research
Using Spot It Cards in Teaching English Vocabulary in College" the results of her study show that using Spot It Cards in teaching English vocabulary not only allows students to understand the marginal meaning of words, but also helps them to use this application in practice. and improve your vocabulary. Consequently, the definition of transportation is "the act of transporting something from one location to another." This research focuses on the effectiveness of the spot it card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery in noun sense.
This is the reason why the researcher tried to use the Spot It card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery in terms of nouns. The researcher conducted the data based on a pre-experimental design with a pretest-posttest. The researcher used a pre-experimental design because there is a relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variable to determine the outcome of the treatment. The researcher provided a treatment to improve students' vocabulary mastery using the Spot It Card Game.
The improvement of the students' vocabulary in terms of noun Table 4.1: The average score of the students. It means that students' vocabulary mastery increased after using the Spot It card game. It means that there is a significant difference in the vocabulary mastery score of the students before and after the lesson with the Spot It card game.
This means that there is no significantly different score for students' vocabulary mastery before and after they have been taught using Spot It card game. This shows that there is a significant difference between the students' vocabulary before and after using the Spot It card game. It can be concluded that the students' vocabulary mastery had been increased after using the Spot It card game treatment.
It means that using the Spot It card game in teaching vocabulary can improve students' vocabulary. Enhancing students' vocabulary through the antonym card game. Electronic journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) 6 (2).
Significance of the Research
Scope of the Research
Every student has difficulty with vocabulary mastery, so in this research we will examine the effectiveness of the Spot It card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery. A pre-test to determine students' prior knowledge before using the Spot It card game, in this case a vocabulary test, a post-test to determine the effectiveness of the spot it card game to improve students' vocabulary mastery. In this finding, explain the result of the research, such as the students' pre-test and post-test scores.
Based on the above finding, students' vocabulary mastery increased significantly after receiving the treatment using the Spot It card game. The above explanation gave the researcher information that Spot It Card Game was effective in increasing students' vocabulary. Based on the result of the data analysis, the researcher found that applying the Spot It card game in the classroom could improve the vocabulary of the students in the Eightgarde of SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar.
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Previous of Related Study
Some Pertinent Ideas
- Concept of vocabulary
- Concept of Game
- Concept of Spot it card game
Vocabulary is one of the language elements that are important in English. Hughes (2019) stated that people need vocabulary to understand the meaning of words and it helps them express the ideas precisely. It is a reality that each of the four language skills in English, the language learning process, which consists of listening, speaking, reading and writing, requires mastery of vocabulary. According to Permatasari (2020), vocabulary is the basic component of communication. If students do not recognize the meaning of the key words used in an interaction, they will not be able to actively participate in the conversation. If students do not recognize the meaning of the key words used by those they are addressing, they will not be able to participate in the conversation. Based on the explanation, the researcher concludes that the term.
Verb is the world in a sentence that describes the activity of a sentence of introducing the state or status of someone or something into the sentence. Students will learn new terms as a result of the new ideas they have encountered. According to Ermawati et al., (2019), mastery of vocabulary is necessary to understand the content of the material learned by the students.
Proper nouns are always capitalized at the beginning of the word and not preceded by an article (a, an, the). According to (Yustiana, n.d.), games are closed activities that have a beginning and an end with a winner defining the end of the game. They can have colors, letters of the alphabet - pretty much anything that can get kids interested.
The aim of the game is to find the matching symbol between two cards as quickly as possible.
Conceptual Framework
The second player guesses the English of the picture and finds the pair of the picture. The researcher will use this game for teaching and learning process because Spot It card game is a vocabulary review that can support students' potential in vocabulary mastery.
Hypothesis
RESEARCH METHOD
- Research Design
- Variable and Indicator
- Population and Sample
- Instrument of the Research
- Procedure of Data Collection
- Technique of Data Analysis
- Findings
- Discussion
Before conducting the treatment, the researcher administered the pre-test to the students to measure the students' basic vocabulary mastery. The previous explanation shows that the students' vocabulary mastery has improved, it is supported by the mean scores of the students before and after the treatment using the Spot It Card game. The purpose of this research was to find out whether or not the use of Spot It Card Game was effective to increase the vocabulary of students in the eighth grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Makassar in the academic year 2020/2021.
The use of the Spot It card game in teaching vocabulary could increase students' vocabulary, because before and after the treatment, the students had a comparison, before the treatment, the students had a weakness in vocabulary, and after the treatment . Researchers should be more creative in creating an interesting medium for teaching and improving students' vocabulary. The game Bingo : hidden treasure among the woods (effectiveness of the game in improving students' vocabulary mastery).
A Handbook of Classroom English.Journal of Oxford University Press The Use of Hyponymy Game To Improve Students "Mastery Vocabulary English (A Action Research on Classroom on The Second Grade Students of MTS Muhammadiyah Bengkulu Tengah in Academic Year 2018/2019). Appendix D Student results in pre-test and post-test 1. Student score and achievement table Students.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Conclusion
The researcher analyzed the data obtained from the students with a pre-test and post-test class. Therefore, it can be concluded that the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. Moreover, another finding in this research was the mean score of the students in the pretest was 62.4 which was classified as fair classification and the post test was 83.84 which was classified as good classification.
Suggestion
Researchers should be able to develop the use of the Spot It card game in the learning process of teaching, especially count nouns and non-count nouns. The effectiveness of the Tic Tac Toe game strategy to improve students' vocabulary mastery of eighth grade students of MTS Ma’ arif al-ishlah bungkalponorogo. 2018) Improving students' vocabulary through Hangaroo word game in seventh grade students of MTs PP DDI As-Salman AllakuangSidrap.
Menggunakan permainan kartu untuk meningkatkan retensi kosakata: Informasi awal untuk artikel studi Jurnal Penelitian Akademik Internasional Ilmu Sosial. Mengidentifikasi fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan dalam teks untuk menyatakan dan mencari nama objek. Menulis teks dan menulis untuk menyatakan dan menanyakan nama-nama benda yang ada dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
Guru menjelaskan kepada siswa maksud dari permainan kartu spot it dengan menunjukkan kartu secara langsung kepada siswa. Siswa dan guru memberikan umpan balik terhadap proses tercapainya tujuan pembelajaran. diminta untuk menerjemahkan kata-kata yang dipilih. jelaskan kepada siswa tujuan permainan kartu Spot It. menjelaskan bahwa permainan kartu Spot Dimainkan oleh 1 orang atau lebih.
