THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TEXT TWIST GAME TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMAN 1 SAPURAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

The objective of this research is to describe whether the use of Text twist game is effective or not to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Sapuran in academic year 2012/2013. This is a pre-experimental research. In this research, the researcher took 40 students at the eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Sapuran  as the sample . Then, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test. The researcher taught vocabulary by using Text twist game to the experimental class. The researcher then statistically analyzed the data by using t-test separated  variance.After analyzing the data, the researcher concluded that Using Text twist game to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Sapuran in academic year 2012/2013 is effective. As the fact, the result of t-value is 5.39. Based on the 0.05 significant level, the value of t-table is 1.684. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, that is 5.39>1.684. Another fact shows that the method used is effective. It is shown by the mean of post-test that is higher than the mean of pre-test. In the post-test, the mean is 78.25. On the contrary, the mean of pre-test is 70.7. Based on the result finding, the researcher concluded that the used of Text twist game to improve students’ vocabulary mastery as a teaching method is effective in improving students’ vocabulary mastery at the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Sapuran in academic year 2012/2013.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Text Twist game, Vocabulary mastery.