The effect of hyponymy game on students vocabulary mastery at The Seventh Grade of SMP N 1 Angkola Barat

Rambe, Ika Komaria (2025) The effect of hyponymy game on students vocabulary mastery at The Seventh Grade of SMP N 1 Angkola Barat. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This study concerned about the influence of hyponymy game on vocabulary mastery in the seventh grade of SMP N 1 West Angkola. The problems faced by students in mastering vocabulary are: 1) limited vocabulary, 2) lack in understanding the meaning of English vocabulary, 3) low motivation of students in learning English, 4) vocabulary scores are still low. The objectives of this study are: 1) to describe how students' vocabulary mastery before learning vocabulary using hyponymy game, 2) to describe how students' vocabulary mastery after learning vocabulary using hyponymy game, 3) to examine how to describe the significant impact of hyponymy game on vocabulary mastery in seventh grade students of SMP N 1 West Angkola. Quantitative research is experimental using pre-test and post-test control group design as the research method. The population of this study is all students of grade VII of SMP N 1 West Angkola. The sample was class VII D as an experimental group of 30 students and class VII B as a control class with 28 students. Data collection was carried out by pre-test and post-test in the form of multiple choice and analyzed using an independent T-test test. The results showed that the average score of the experimental class after using the hyponymy game was 80.40 and the average score of the control group was 64.79. In addition, the tcount>ttable (7.929>1.685) so that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected, meaning that the hyponymy game had a significant effect on the vocabulary mastery of seventh-grade students of SMP N 1 West Angkola.

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