Abstract:
The aim of the study is to find out whether or not realia as media is
effective in improving students’ vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade students
of SMP Negeri 15 Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014.
The study was conducted of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri
15 Purworejo. It consisted of 64 students which divided into two classes. To get
the data, the researcher used test as an instrument (pretest and post test). The tests
were multiple choices types (consisting of 20 items). To analyze the data, the
researcher used t-test.
After collecting the data and analyzing them, the researcher presents the
result of the research. The result of the mean score of post test of experimental
group is higher than the mean score of post test of control group (74.69>67.5). In
addition, the result of t-value is 4.228. Then, the researcher consults the critical
value on the t-table using 5% (0.05) alpha level significance and the degree of
freedom is 2.000. It shows that t-value is higher than t- table (4.228>2.000). It
means that realia in improving students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade
of SMP Negeri Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014 is effective.
The results of learning vocabulary using realia are the students can be
more participate and it is useful to improve their vocabulary because it is
memorable and easy to do for Junior High School.
