an article BOOSTING SMP STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY USING GUESSING GAME
Keywords:
Vocabulary, Guessing GameAbstract
This research was about the use of guessing game to improve vocabulary mastery for the eight grade students of SMP Kristen Kefamenanu in the School Year 2022/2023. The problem statement of this thesis is: is guessing game effective to improve the vocabulary mastery of the eight grade students of SMP Kristen Kefamenanu?. The objective of the research is to know how guessing game improve the vocabulary mastery of the eight grade students of SMP Kristen Kefamenanu.This research employed Pre-Experimental Research. This population of this research was the eight grade of SMP Kristen Kefamenanu.Total population of class VIII was 44 students. The sample were VIII/B and consist of 25 students.The sampling technique is one important aspects of research, and the sampling technique in this research was purposive sampling. The instruments of the research were vocabulary test. The writer gave pre-test and post-test to the students. The result showed that the students` mean score of post-test is higher than the mean score of pre-test (90.08 > 82.64).
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