THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MEMORY PAIRS GAME IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMK YPT PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

English is an international language which is really important to learn. The importance of learning English is that learners can learn to communicate with it, therefore, we must consider vocabulary mastery as an important part of learning English from the simple vocabulary are interested in English. The researcher applied quantitative with an experimental method. The population in this research is the tenth grade students of SMK YPT Purworejo, The total number of population is 204 students which are consist of 6 classes and there are 33 students as sample. Sampling which researcher used was purposive sampling. The main results of this research are (1) pre-test score can be categorized as good level with M=65.00 and SD=16.10; (2) post-test score can be categorized as excellent level with M=80.00 and SD=9.35; (3) t obtained value was 8.327, and t-table was 2.042. It means that t-observed was higher that t-table. Thus, the hypothesis showed that the use of memory pairs game in teaching English vocabulary mastery at the tenth grade of SMK YPT Purworejo is effective. Based on the result, it means that the hypothesis is accepted.