THE USE OF ALPHA BALL GAME TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 3 BORONG

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out whether the use of the Alpha ball game could improve the students' vocabulary at the VIII A grade of SMP Negeri 3 Borong. This study uses the pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the second-grade students of SMP Negeri 3Borong in the 2020/2021 academic year and the sample was class VIII A that consist of 20 students and used the total sampling technique. The result shows that there was a significant difference in students’ mean score in the pre-test and post-test, where the mean score in post-test was higher than pre-test (77,25 > 50,00)  and the t-test value is greater than the t-table value (17,023 > 2093) based on the result of the data analysis, it can be concluded that the use of Alpha ball game is effective to improve students vocabulary mastery.