THE USE OF JIGSAW TO IMPROVE VOVABULARY MASTERY ON THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 OF PREMBUN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

The design of the research is experimental research. The jigsaw method has a great role to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. It has been proved by analyzing the data from pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the students’ vocabulary in the post-test is 7.32. It increased from 48.065 in the pre-test result. After analyzing the data, the researcher concludes that teaching vocabulary using jigsaw method is effective. As a matter of fact, the result of t-value is 5.797 based on the 5% significant level, the value of t-table is 2.000. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, that is 5.797>2.000. So, it proved that the students’ vocabulary mastery improved after the researcher used jigsaw method in teaching-learning activity on the seventh grade students of SMP N 2 Prembun in the academic year 2012/2013.