COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE TAUGHT THROUGH SPELLING PUZZLE AND CROSSWORD PUZZLE TECHNIQUES AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 3 BANDAR LAMPUNG
Abstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah teknik Spelling Puzzle lebih efektif untuk meningkatkan kosa kata dalam bahasa inggris siswadari pada teknik Crossword Puzzle dan mengetahui bagaimana respon siswa terhadap penerapan teknik Spelling Puzzle dan Crossword Puzzle. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif., dengan menggunakan 2 kelas sebagai sampel penelitian, yaitu 35 siswa dari kelas 7D dan 33 siswa dari kelas 7E tingkat pertama SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bandar Lampung. Pre-test, post-test dan kuisioner digunakan sebagai alat untuk pengambilan data. Hasil penelitian pertama menunjukan bahwa teknik Spelling Puzzle lebih efektif daripada teknik Crossword Puzzle. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan nilai rata rata dari Kelas Eksperimen 1 lebih besar daripada nilai Kelas Eksperimen 2. Hasil penelitian kedua menunjukkan bahwa siswa menerima penerepan dari teknik Spelling Puzzle dan Crossword Puzzle.
The aims of this research were (i) to find out whether Spelling Puzzle technique was more effective to increase students vocabulary achievement than Crossword Puzzle technique (ii) to find out students responses of the implementation of Spelling Puzzle and Crossword Puzzle techniques. The research design was a quantitative research conducted in two classes. The subjects were 33 students of class 7D and 35 students of class 7E in SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bandar Lampung. The data were elicited through the pre-test, the post-test and the questionnaires. The first result showed that Spelling Puzzle was more effective than Crossword Puzzle. The second result showed that the students enjoyed both the application of Spelling Puzzle and Crossword Puzzle techniques. This suggests that Spelling Puzzle is effective to enrich students vocabulary.
Keywords: vocabulary,spelling puzzle, crossword puzzle.
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