Abstract
The objective of the research is to find out whether or not ABC 5 Basic Game can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery at the first grade students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. This research employed pre-experimental method which one class was given pre-test, treatment and post-test. The population of this research was the whole class of the first grade students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. The total sample consisted 20 students and it is used purpose sampling technique. The instrument was noun test in order to measure the students’ vocabulary mastery in learning process by using ABC Basic Game. In other words, the finding indicated that by using ABC 5 Basic Game strategy in teaching vocabulary was able to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. The researcher found out that the students’ understanding on noun was increased significantly. The result showed that the students’ mean scores in post-test was higher than the pre-test (76.50>57.75). In other words, T-test value was higher than T-table (13.877>2.093). Based on the data above, the researcher concluded that the ABC Basic Game is effective in improving the students’ vocabulary mastery at the first grade students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. Based on the finding of the research it could be concluded that the use of ABC Basic Game technique in teaching vocabulary can be improved at SMP N 1 Sungguminasa and it is an effective activity to make the students active in learning vocabulary mastery particularly noun.
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How to cite this paper
Improving Students' Vocabulary Mastery by Using ABC Basic Game at the First Grade of SMPN 1 Sunguminasa
How to cite this paper: M. Dahlan Bahang. (2022). Improving Students' Vocabulary Mastery by Using ABC Basic Game at the First Grade of SMPN 1 Sunguminasa. The Educational Review, USA, 6(8), 341-345.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2022.08.003