Improving Students' Vocabulary through Group Chat Discussion on WhatsApp in Learning English Third Grade Students at SMP Negeri 1 Bukit Kemuning

Angga Wirayuda, Patuan Raja, Flora Flora

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Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan  untuk meneliti apakah terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan pada vocabulary siswa dan untuk mengetahui aspek vocabulary yang paling meningkat setelah diterapkannya teknik group chat discussion. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan kelompok pre-test dan post-test. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 28 siswa kelas ketiga SMP. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan vocabulary test. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Paired Sample t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adanya peningkatan dari vocabulary siswa dengan tingkat signifikan 0,00 <0,05. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan vocabulary menggunakan group chat discussion dapat membantu siswa untuk menemukan makna dari teks dengan mudah.

 

Abstract. The objectives of this research were to find out whether i) there was a statistically significant improvement of students’ vocabulary ii) which aspects of vocabulary improve the most after the students were taught through group chat discussion. The approach of the research was quantitative. This study employed one group pre-test and post-test design. The subjects were 28 students of the third grade of SMP. The data were collected using the vocabulary test. The data were analysed using Paired Sample t-test. The result showed that there was a statistically significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary achievement with the significant level 0.00 < 0.05. This suggests that teaching vocabulary using group chat discussion facilities the students to find meaning from the text easily.

 

Keywords: Group Chat Discussion, Vocabulary, WhatsApp.


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