Kartikadewi, Frila (2009) Using pictorial board game to improve the vocabulary mastery of the seventh graders of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel, Tulungagung / Frila Kartikadewi. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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ABSTRACT Kartikadewi Frila. 2009. Using Pictorial Board Game to Improve the Vocabulary Mastery of the Seventh Graders of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel Tulungagung. Thesis English Language Education Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Dra. Sri Andreani M.Ed. Key words Pictorial Board Game vocabulary mastery improvement The seventh graders mastery of vocabulary of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel Tulungagung was unsatisfactory. Less than 50% of students scored above the SKBM (Standar Ketuntasan Belajar Minimal) of 75. As a result they found difficulty in expressing their ideas identifying English words that they hear in listening understanding a text and constructing writing. Thus Pictorial Board Game was designed to improve students mastery of vocabulary. It was a modification of Snake and Ladder which is modified by putting a picture represent a certain vocabulary on every step on the board to help students learning and remembering the vocabularies easily. This study was aimed at finding out whether Pictorial Board Game could improve the vocabulary mastery of the seventh graders of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel Tulungagung. This study was a classroom action research which consisted of two cycles each of which consisted of two sessions. The second cycle was done based on the reflection on cycle I- by doing some improvement on the pictures used and game rules. The subjects of the study were the students of VII-D (33 students) of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel Tulungagung. The instruments used in this study were observation sheet vocabulary quizzes students questionnaire and the teacher s and the students interview guide. The data from the observation sheet and questionnaire were presented descriptively as the additional data for verification process while the data gained from the students quizzes were analyzed to measure the students mastery of vocabulary. The interview was intended to find the teacher and students responses toward the effectiveness of this game and their general opinion. In this study the researcher expected more than 75% of students scored above 75 or above the SKBM considering that from the preliminary study less than 50% of students passed the SKBM. The result of this study showed that the Pictorial Board Game effectively improved the students mastery of vocabulary in descriptive text. At the end of the implementation more than 75% of students had reached the SKBM. Moreover the majority of the students gave positive response toward the implementation of Pictorial Board Game. They found that learning vocabulary through the implementation of Pictorial Board Game was challenging and fun. Generally all of them were so attracted to this game and thus more motivated to learn English vocabulary. Based on those findings it can be concluded that Pictorial Board Game improved the vocabulary mastery of the seventh graders of SMP Negeri 2 Pakel Tulungagung. It is more effective than memorization since it provides learning vocabulary in a meaningful context rather than memorizing words in isolation. It is suggested that the English teachers use the Pictorial Board Game since it can improve students mastery of vocabulary. Moreover it is also suggested that future researchers conduct similar studies involving larger population.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2009 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2009 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/244749 |
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