THE USE OF FLASHCARD TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah flashcard dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan pencapaian kosakata siswa dan untuk menganalisis pelaksanaan pembelajaran melalui flashcard. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas dua MTs. Penelitian ini menggunakan Pretest Posttest Satu Kelompok dan para siswa diajar sebanyak tiga kali. Data di analisis menggunakan t-test Pengukuran Berulang. Nilai rata-rata pada pre-test adalah 55,65 meningkat menjadi 74,04 pada post-test. Hasil t-test menunjukkan bahwa t-ratio lebih tinggi daripada t-table (16,183 > 2,069) dengan signifikan level p < 0.05 dan signifikan 2-tailed p = 0.000. Dapat dikatakan bahwa flashcard dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan pencapaian kosakata siswa.

The aim of this research is to find out whether flashcard can be used to improve the students’ vocabulary achievement and to analyze the implementation of teaching vocabulary through flashcard. The population of this research was the second grade students of MTs. The researcher took VIII D as try out class and VIII as the experimental class. This research used One Group Pretest Posttest Design and the students were given three times treatments. The data were analyzed by using Repeated Measure t-test. The mean score in pre-test was 55.65 improve to 74.04 in post-test. The result of t-test showed that t-ratio was higher than t-table (16.183 > 2.069) with the level of significant was p < 0.05 and significant 2-tailed was p = 0.000. It can be said that flashcard can be used to improve the students’ vocabulary achievement.

Keywords: flashcard, improve, vocabulary achivement.