IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH WORD CHAIN GAME AT THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS' OF SMK NEGERI 1 MAMASA

Abstract

This research is aim to improve students’ vocabulary mastery through word chain game at the first-grade  student  of SMK  Negeri  1  Mamasa.  The researcher used experimental design in form of quantitative research with pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the first-grade student of SMK Negeri 1 Mamasa which consist of 30 students. The researcher found that the used of Word Chain Game can improve students’ vocabulary mastery and can help students to remember the vocabulary that has been learned before. This game can be used to improve students’ vocabulary mastery in the classroom. It can be seen from the post-test which is higher than the pre-test mean score (83.23>61.6). The t-test value was higher than t-table (12.798>2.045). Based on the finding and discussion, it can be concluded that the students' vocabulary mastery was improved by using Word Chain Game at the first-grade student of SMK Negeri 1 Mamasa.