THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING U-DICTIONARY APPLICATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ON TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS
AT SMA NEGERI 4 TANJUNGPINANG
SKRIPSI
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Attainment of the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd.) in English Education
ANDREW ALFI PRAMUDIA 180388203007
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING U-DICTIONARY APPLICATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ON TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS
AT SMA NEGERI 4 TANJUNGPINANG
Skripsi
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Attainment of the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd.) in English Education
ANDREW ALFI PRAMUDIA 180388203007
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
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v MOTTO
“If you cannot fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl.
But no matter what you do, you must keep moving forward”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise and appreciation are given to God, who always blesses and strengthens the researcher to finish this skripsi entitled “The effectiveness of using U-dictionary application toward students’ vocabulary on tenth-grade students at SMA Negeri 4 Tanjungpinang.” As part of the prerequisite for an S-1 degree, this skripsi will be submitted to the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
In the completion of this skripsi, the researcher does realize that there are a lot of people who provided some contributions such as advice, motivation, support, and also help. In this valuable chance, the researcher would like to express gratitude and appreciation to all of them.
1. Prof. Dr. Agung Dhamar Syakti, S.Pi., DEA, as a Rector of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
2. Assist. Prof. Mr. Satria Agust, S.S., M.Pd., CIAR as the Dean of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
3. Assist. Prof. Mrs. Dewi Nopita, S.Pd., M.Pd., as the Head of English Education Department of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
4. Assist. Prof. Mr. Gatot Subroto, S.S., M.Pd., as the researcher’s advisor who gives a lot of suggestions and advice, which help the researcher to finish this skripsi under his guidance, and give a great explanation to solve the problem until the completion of this skripsi.
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5. Assist. Prof. Mrs. Elsa Ernawati Nainggolan, S.Pd., M.Pd., as the researcher’s Co-advisor who guided the researcher to finish this skripsi and always give solutions to revise the skripsi.
6. All of the lecturers of English Education Department for all the guidance and knowledge and endless motivation for the whole semester.
7. Beloved parents, Mr. Hanafi AR. and Mrs. Nita Armiati have given endless love, prayer, finance, support, and encouragement to finish this skripsi.
8. Mr. Basuni and Mrs. Nurmaleni for their genuine contribution and favor.
May Allah repay them the greater.
9. The only sister, Salsabila Tata Nafira Gestia who’s been always gives a good wish to finish this skripsi.
10. Last but not least, I wanna thank me. I wanna thank me for believing in me.
I wanna thank me for doing all this hard work. I wanna thank me for having no days off. I wanna thank me for never quitting. I wanna thank me for just being me at all times.
The researcher also expresses thank to the others who cannot be mentioned who always help and support the researcher to complete this skripsi. The researcher hopes this skripsi will positively contribute to the readers, religion, and the state.
Tanjungpinang, 27 June 2023
The researcher
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL SHEET ... ii
STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINALITY ... iii
MOTTO ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... viii
LIST OF TABLES ... x
LIST OF FIGURES ... xi
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xii
ABSTRAK ... xiii
ABSTRACT ... xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Problem ... 1
1.2 Identification of the Problem ... 3
1.3 Limitation of the Problem ... 3
1.4 Formulation of the Problem ... 3
1.5 Purpose of the Problem ... 4
1.6 Significance of the Research ... 4
1.6.1 Theoretically ... 4
1.6.2 Practically ... 4
1.7 Definition of the Key Terms ... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 6
2.1 Review of the Related Theory ... 6
2.1.1 Vocabulary... 6
2.1.2 Teaching Media ... 14
2.1.3 U-dictionary ... 14
2.2 Previous Research ... 19
2.3 Conceptual Framework... 23
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2.4 Hypothesis ... 24
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ... 25
3.1 Research Design ... 25
3.2 Research Setting ... 27
3.3 Population, Sample, and Sampling ... 27
3.4 Research Procedure ... 29
3.5 Instrument of the Research ... 30
3.6 Technique of Data Collection ... 31
3.7 Technique of Data Analysis ... 32
3.7.1 Scoring the Students’ Vocabulary of Pre-test and Post-test ... 32
3.7.2 Classifying the Score to Five Levels Classification ... 33
3.7.3 Finding Out the Mean Score of Pre-test and Post-test... 33
3.7.4 Normality Test ... 34
3.7.5 Hypothesis Test ... 35
CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 37
4.1 Data Description ... 37
4.2 Data Analysis ... 39
4.3 Discussion ... 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 50
5.1 Conclusion ... 50
5.2 Suggestion ... 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 52
APPENDICES ... 52
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 The Test Illustration of One Group Pretest – Posttest Design ... 26
Table 3.2 Population of Sample ... 27
Table 3.3 The Criteria Scored Answer of the Students ... 33
Table 3.4 Kolmogorov Smirnov Form ... 34
Table 4.1 Pre-Test and Post-Test Scores... 38
Table 4.2 Classification of Pre-Test Scores ... 40
Table 4.3 Classification of Post-Test Scores ... 41
Table 4.4 The Mean of Pre-Test and Post-Test Scores ... 42
Table 4.5 The Mean of Differentiate Pre-Test ... 43
Table 4.6 The Mean of Differentiate Post-Test ... 44
Table 4.7 The Standard Deviation ... 44
Table 4.8 Kolmogorov Smirnov ... 45
Table 4.9 Paired Sample Test... 46
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 Conceptual Framework ... 23 Figure 4.1 The Difference Pre-Test and Post-Test Mean Scores ... 39
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Lesson Plan ... 58
Appendix 2 Syllabus ... 67
Appendix 3 T-Table ... 72
Appendix 4 Pre-Test Questions ... 73
Appendix 5 Post-Test Questions ... 78
Appendix 6 Documentation ... 83
Appendix 7 Students Pre-test Result in Different Scores ... 84
Appendix 8 Students Post-test Result in Different Scores ... 85
Appendix 9 Students’ Pre-test Specification Answer ... 86
Appendix 10 Students’ Post-test Specification Answer ... 87
