The implementation of Audio Visual Media in improving students’ vocabulary mastery through WhatsApp

Adelia Puspita, Cucu Sutarsyah, Burhanuddin Burhanuddin

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This quantitative research was conducted to investigate the students’ vocabulary mastery after the implementation of audiovisual media through WhatsApp. The sample was 33 students from X MIPA 1 at SMA Muhammadiyah Bandar Lampung. This research based on the experimental group design which applied the pre-test and post-test as the instrument. Besides, the three meetings were conducted for the treatment. The data were analyzed by using Repeated Measured T-Test. The result of this research shows the mean score for the pre-test is 5.24. Meanwhile, the mean score for the post-test is 6.67. It means that the significant difference of students’ vocabulary achievement reaches out the score of 1.43 points. More specifically, the t-value > t-table shows the number of 5.452 which is higher than the t-table 2.0369. Moreover, the value of significant 2-tailed is 0.000 which can be inferred that it is lower than 0.05. Briefly, it can be inferred that the H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected.

 

doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.23960/UJET.vol10.i2.202102


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