THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PUPPET AS MEDIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR THE FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS AT SDN 2 KAGUNGAN KEPIL WONOSOBO IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is quantitative research by using experimental method. The objective of the research is to find out whether the use of puppet as media is effective or not in improving students’ vocabulary mastery for the fifth-grade students at SDN 2 Kagungan Kepil Wonosobo in the school year 2012/2013. The population of the research is the fifth grade students of SDN 2 Kagungan Kepil Wonosobo  by taking the sample from the two classes. The first class is VA which consisted of 18 students as control group. The second class is VB which consisted of 18 students as experimental group. This research used the purposive sampling. The result shows that the use of puppet as media is effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery for the fifth-grade students at SDN 2 Kagungan Kepil Wonosobo in the school year 2012/2013.. It could be proven by the computation of the t-test. The computation showed that the t-value was higher than t-table. The t-value was 8.213 while  the t-table was 2.042. It meant that 8.213 >2.042. Besides, the mean score of experimental group was raised after given the treatment from 55.33 to 73.11.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Puppet Media, Vocabulary Mastery.