TEACHING SUFFIXES TO INCREASE STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY AT 2nd GRADE OF SMAN

Fenny Widyawati, Patuan Raja, Deddy Supriyadi

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meneliti apakah suffix dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kosa kata siswa dan menentukan aspek kosa kata mana yang paling meningkat. Sampel penelitian ini adalah XI IPS 1 SMAN 1 Way Lima sebanyak 29 siswa. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif yang menggunakan one group pretest posttest design. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan penguasaan kosa kata siswa setelah pengajaran suffix. Data menunjukkan bahwa t-value lebih tinggi dari t-table (16.124>2.048). Ini berarti bahwa ada peningkatan yang signifikan pada penguasaan kosa kata siswa setelah diajarkan suffix. Grammar of word adalah aspek dari kosa kata yang kenaikannya tertinggi. Hasil analisa menunjukkan bahwa pengajaran suffix dapat meningkatkan kemampuan kosa kata siswa. Berdasarkan hasil dari penelitian, peneliti menyarankan guru Bahasa Inggris untuk menerapkan suffix dalam mengajar kosa kata karena dapat membuat penguasaan kosa kata siswa lebih baik.

This research was intended to investigate whether or not teaching suffixes could be used to increase students vocabulary mastery and which aspect of vocabulary increased the most after being taught through suffixes. The sample was class XI social 1 of SMAN 1 Way Lima consisting of 29 students. This study was quantitative research which used one group pretest posttest design. Repeated measure t-test was used to analyze the quantitative data and the hypothesis testing was computed using SPSS version 16.0. The result showed that t-value is higher than t-table (16.124>2.048). It means that there was a significant increase of students vocabulary masteryafter being taught by using suffixes. Grammar of Word is the aspect of vocabulary that increased the most. The analysis of result showed that suffixes can increase students vocabulary mastery. Based on the finding, the researcher suggests the English teacher to implement suffixes in teaching vocabulary because it can make students vocabulary mastery better.

Keyword: grammar of word, suffixes, vocabulary mastery, teaching suffixes.


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