THE INFLUENCE OF PLAYING PLAYSTATION GAMES ON STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF EIGHTH GRADE AT SMP N 22 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

fathony akbar

Abstract


The research is proposed to analyze the influence of playing playstation games on vocabulary mastery of senior high-school students’ of eighth grade at SMP N 22 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013. Is there any influence of playing playstation games on students’ vocabulary mastery of eighth grade at SMP N 22 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013?

This research was carried out on May 6th 2013. The research was conducted at SMP N 22 Purworejo. The population of this research is the students of Eighth Grade at SMP N 22 Purworejo. The Total Numbers is 180 students. The sample that is taken are class A and B with 60 students. This research took the eighth grade students at SMP N 22 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013 as the subject of the research. This research is a descriptive quantitative research in which the researcher emphasizes in finding out whether or not there is any positive and significant influence of playing playstation games on student’s vocabulary mastery of eighth grade at SMP N 22  Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013.

From the result of playing playstation games and vocabulary test,  students who got high score of playing playstation games and vocabulary good categorized their vocabulary mastery well, and student’s who got low score of playing playstation games and vocabulary low categorized their vocabulary mastery still less. The result shows that the correlation (0.84) is more than  rtable (0.254), it means that there is a positive correlation between two variables. The coefficient in =12.010 is higher than = 2.000, so it is significant. The researcher concludes that the hypothesis which stated in chapter II is answered, that there is a positive and significant influence playing playstation games  on students’ vocabulary mastery of eighth grade at SMP N 22 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013.

Key words : Influence, Playstation Games, Vocabulary mastery


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37729/s-jeled.v1i3.1387

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