The Effectiveness of Using Spelling Bee Games in Teaching Vocabulary Mastery at the Seventh Grade Students of Mts Al-Hidayah Nusawungu in the Academic Year 2016/2017

Abstract

In this thesis the researcher used observes 60 students’ of seventh grade of MTs Al-Hidayah Nusawungu as the sample. The researcher used pre-test and post-test to find out wheter using spelling bee game is effective or not to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of MTs Al-Hidayah Nusawungu in the academic year 2016/2017. The students aften get difficulities in memorizing the words. The difficulties are on spelling, remembering, and the meaning. This research was conduted by using quantitative technique in processing the data and getting the result. The researcher uses test as the instrument (post-test and post-test). The data from pre-test and post-test were analyzed statistically using SPSS 16 and manual computation. The result shows that the result of t-test is 2.091 in the significant 2 tailed level 0.041, the critical value on the t-table using 5% (0.05) alpha level significance and the degree of freedom is 2.000, in which the t-value is higher than t-table (2.091>2.000). The mean score of the post-test experimental group is higher than the mean score of post-test control group (68.30>62.87). It can be concluded that “spelling bee games is effective in teaching vocabulary at the seventh grade students of MTs Al-Hidayah Nusawungu in the academic year 2016/2017. By using spelling bee games, the teaching and learning process is more interesting.