Improving vocabulary mastery by using puppet media at grade VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Batang Natal

Lubis, Lenni (2020) Improving vocabulary mastery by using puppet media at grade VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Batang Natal. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about improving students’ vocabulary mastery by using puppet media at rade VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Batang Natal. The problems of this research were students only used conventional teaching without media in learning process, as a result; students less mastery the vocabulary, students were lazy and feel boring when they are asked to memorize and students were lack of motivation in mastery vocabulary. So, it made students difficult to get high score in vocabulary. The purpose of this research was to examine the extent of puppet whether it improves students’ vocabulary at grade VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Batang Natal or not. In order to achieve the purpose of this research, the researcher conducted classroom action research, by implementing the Kemmis and Mc Taggart design which consisted four step; they were planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In this research, the researcher used two cycles and each cycle consisted of two meeting. In addition, the participants of this research were the class of VII-A which consisted of 30 students and also there was collaboration with an English Teacher. Meanwhile, the data were derived among from quantitative (mean score of students’ vocabulary tests), and qualitative (observation notes and interview). Based on the research result, showed the improvement mean score of the students. The first cycle was 71 (20.0%) and second test in the second cycle was 88 (90.0%). It can be concluded that the mean score in the second cycle was higher than first cycle. Based on observation notes stated that the students got improvement and the students were more active and interested in learning vocabulary mastery. Related to the interview result, it could be known that students’ vocabulary mastery had improved. It asserted that puppet media can improve students’ vocabulary mastery at grade VII-A of SMP Negeri 3 Batang Natal.

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