THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING FLIPCHART AS A MEDIA TO TEACH VOCABULARYAT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 KALIPUCANG(WEST JAVA) IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find whether there is any effectiveness of using flipchart media to teach vocabulary for the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Kalipucang in the academic year 2012/2013. In this research, the population of this study is 294 students, and the researcher took 60 students as sample. They are 30 students of class VIIG as control group and 30 students of class VIIH as experimental group. By using flipchart as a media, the researcher wishes the students could have high motivation to learn English easily and interestingly. The researcher takes Quantitative research for analyzing her study. The researcher used pre-test and post-test as the instrument. The result of the study showed that there is a difference between the Mean of experimental and control group. From the calculation of the test, it can be known the value was 80.43>64.97, in other words, the use of flipchart in teaching vocabulary is effective. Since it is founded the result of the t-value is 5.63. Based on the 0.05 significance level, the value of the t-table is 2.00. The computation shows that the t-value is higher than t-table that is 5.63>2.00. So the hypothesis is accepted.

Keywords: effectiveness, flipchart, media, vocabulary, teaching English