IMPROVING THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY BY BLINDFOLD GAME IN THE SECOND GRADE SMPN 08 SIMBUANG KAB. TORAJA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to improve the students’ vocabulary through the Blindfold game. In this research, the researcher used a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest. This design involved a group that gave a pre-test (O1), a treatment (X), and a post-test (O2). The success of the treatment was determined by comparing the pre-test and post-test scores. In conducted the research, the researcher used a pre-experimental method that took one class of 14 students as a sample. The pre-test is given to students to determine the students'' vocabulary mastery ability, while the post-test is given after the treatment, which aims to determine the enrichment of students'' vocabulary mastery. The researcher gave the students a test as the instrument. The test was administrated twice, pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was hold before the treatment applied. Pre-test was aimed to know students’ previous knowledge about vocabulary, students understood about the use of vocabulary and the classification of vocabulary. In The test which was given was consisted of 20 items number of multiple choice, matching and stuffing. Which followed by 14 students. It can be seen in the mean score of the pre-test (66.02) from the total scores (925), while in the post-test, the mean score (81.43) from the total score (1.140). While the t-test value was 6.822, was greater t-table was 2.160 at the level significance of 5%. Based on the data described, it can be proved by looking the mean score in the post-test was greater than the pre-test, then the t-test was greater than the t-table. So, the researcher concluded that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted.