The Effectiveness Of Using Illustration Picture to Improve Vocabulary Mastery Of The Seventh Grade Students SMP N 1 Mirit In The Academic Year Of 2012/2013

Abstract

The goal of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using illustration picture to improve vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Mirit in the Academic year 2012/2013. In this research, the researcher took two classes as the sample, there are VII C which consists of 31 students as the control group and VII D which consist of 30 students as the experimental group. While the instrument use in this thesis is test. The result of the calculation shows that the mean score of pre-test and post-test by control group are 54.58 and 67.48. The mean score of pre-test and post-test by experimental group are 54.87 and 75.40. To see whether the hypothesis is accepted or rejected, the t-value is consult to the t-table at the 0.05 significance level. It shows that the t-table is 2.000 and the t-value is 4.08. It means that t-value is higher than t-table, that is 4.08>2.000. So, it can be concluded that the use of illustration picture to improve vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Mirit in the Academic year 2012/2013 is effective.

Key words: effectiveness, illustration picture, vocabulary