THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CROSSWORD PUZZLES GAME TOWARDS IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY

Abstract

The paper entitles “The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle Game towards Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery”. The aims of this research are to find out the effectiveness of crossword puzzles game in improving students’ vocabulary mastery and also to know the students’ response by using crossword puzzles game at the second grade of SMP Muara Madani. The research method is a pre-experimental using 23 students as sample from 100 students of population. To obtain the data, the writer used pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The sample are given the pre-test before the treatment is given to them. The post-test and the questionnaire are given in order to find out the improvement of the sample after the treatment using crossword puzzles game. The data result of the test is analysed by using t-test. The finding of this research shows that crossword puzzle game is effective for improving students’ vocabulary mastery. It can be seen from the t-observed is higher that t-table (3.07 > 2.069) at p = 0.5. That means Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Other than that, from the questionnaire data result crossword puzzles game also get the positive response from the participant. Thus, crossword puzzle game can improve the students not only their vocabulary mastery, but also can help students in learning vocabulary, suitable to be applied in the classroom, make the students happy and also can make the students exited while the students learning English vocabulary mastery.