The Use of Crossword Puzzles as the Way to Increase Student’s Vocabulary Mastery at SMA Tamansiswa Binjai
Abstract
The aim of the researcher was to find a technique that could increase the students’s vocabulary. To find out whether interactive method by applying crossword puzzle can improve students’ vocabulary. The researchers gives the students pretest and post test. The researcher use two cycles in this research.We can see that in the first cycle the number of students who got a score of 75 was 6.6% andin the second cycle the number of students who got a score of 75 was 76.6%. This technique add insight to the student’s mastery of the English vocabulary and also it will not make the classes to be boring but also fun.
Keywords: Class Action Research, Vocabulary,Crossword Puzzle.
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Oktaviani, A., Saparingga, P., & Susanto, D. (2019). Survey Research About the Importance of English for Young Learners at Elementary Schools. Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal, 2(2), 173–188. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v2i2.583
Ramasari, M. (2017). Students Pronounciation Error Made in Speaking for General Communication. Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal, 1(1), 37–48. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v1i1.32
Salawazo, I. S., Simbolon, M., Hutabarat, V. E., Veronika, A. N., & Saragih, E. (2020). Analysis of Students’ Vocabulary in Learning English. Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal, 3(2), 469–475. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v3i2.1017
Sabiqoh, N. (2016). Teaching Vocabulary By Using Crossword Puzzle At The Fifth Semester of The Seventh Grade Students of MTS Ma’arif Nadatul Ulama Mataram. A Thesis.
Sedita, Joan. (2005). Effective vocabulary instruction. (http://www.keystoliteracy. com/ wp-content/ uploads/2012/08/effective-vocabularyinstruction. pdf) (date of access: 30 Jun. 2015).
Simamora, J. M., Sinaga, R., & Tarigan, S. N. (2019). Improving Students Speaking Skills by Recount Text. Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal, 3(1), 219–229. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v3i1.999
Tricia, M. (2009). Reviewing for Exams: Do Crossword Puzzles Help in the Success of Student Learning. The Journal of Effective Teaching, 9(3),4-10.
Published
2021-01-22
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