IMPROVING STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH STORY COMPLETION TECHNIQUE IN SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Abstract

Tujuan penilitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan atau tidak terhadap penguasaan kosa kata siswa setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik Story Completion. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan dilakanakan di kelas VIII A yang berjumlah 30 orang. Peneliti menggunakan tes kosa kata untuk mengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan penguasaan kosa kata sisiwa setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik Story Completion. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dari adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata siswa dari pretes ke postes yaitu 76.09 ke 89.04, dengan nilai t-table 2.045 dan t-value 10.333. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan jika teknik Story Completion dapat meningkatkan kosa kata siswa.

The aim of this research was to find out whether there was a significant improvement of the students vocabulary mastery after they were taught by using Story Completion. This research used quantitative approach and was conducted to 30 students in class VIII A. The researcher administered vocabulary test in collecting the data. The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in students vocabulary achievement after they were taught by using Story Completion. It could be proven from the improvement of students mean score from pretest to posttest, which was 76.09 to 89.04, with t-table is 2.045 and the t-value was 10.333. In short, Story Completion can improve students Vocabulary Mastery.

Keywords: story completion, improving, vocabulary mastery