THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING LINK SYSTEM MEMORY TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD NEGERI MANGLI KEBUMEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/ 2013

Abstract

English teacher plays an important role in improving students’ vocabulary mastery. They should use method. One of method that use in this research is using link system memory to improve vocabulary mastery at the fourth grade students of SD Negeri Mangli, Kebumen. This study is pre- experimental. The variable are X (teaching using link system memory), Y (students’ vocabulary mastery). Population is fourth grade students they are 32 students.Technique sampling is saturated sampling. The instrument is test (Pre-test and post test). To analyze use descriptive and inferential analysis. After analyzing the data, the researcher concludes that the result of computation shows that t- value is higher than t- table (10.216> 2.000). Another fact is shown by the mean of post- test is higher than pre- test (87.25 > 56.12). Based on the result finding, it can be concluded that the using of link system memory is effective to improve students’ vocabulary.

Key Words: Link System Memory, Vocabulary