The effect of keyword method on vocabulary mastery at The VIII Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2 Padang Bolak Tenggara

Mawaddah, Miftahul (2025) The effect of keyword method on vocabulary mastery at The VIII Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2 Padang Bolak Tenggara. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This study discusses the influence of the Keyword Method on Vocabulary Mastery in Grade VIII Students of SMP Negeri 2 Padang Bolaka Tenggara. Some students still experience understanding English vocabulary, the purpose of this study is to find out students' vocabulary mastery before and after learning to use the Keyword method and to test whether the Keyword method has a significant effect on vocabulary mastery. This study used quantitative methods with experimental design and pre-test-post-test control group design. The population of this study is 66 students in grade VIII of SMP Negeri 2 Padang Bolak Tenggara. The sample was taken by random sampling technique, namely class VIII-B (22 students) as the experimental class and VIII-C (22 students) as the control class. Data was collected by providing pre-test and post-test with multiple choices as instruments. In analyzing the data, this study uses an independent t-test. The researcher found that the average score of the experimental class after learning using the Keyword method was higher than the average score of the control class. In addition, after performing t-test calculations, the researcher found that t-count˃t-table (3,446>2,086).This means that alternative hypotheses are accepted. It can be concluded that there is a significant influence of the Keyword method on vocabulary mastery in grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Padang Bolak Tenggara.

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