THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USINGWORD WEB TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 5 KEBUMEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/ 2014

Abstract

The objective of the study is to find out whether Word Web to improve students’ vocabulary at the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 KEBUMEN. The researcher think that the factor that affects the improving vocabulary using word web is technique of teaching. This technique is developed to increase the students to think actively. Word web illustrates how key words or concepts are related to one another through graphic representations. The researcher believes that this technique is effective to improve the students’ vocabulary. The researcher used experimental research. The sample of this study is one class. It is class D that consists of 32 students. The students were given pretest and post-test. After analyzing the data, the researcher concludes that using word web is effective. As the fact, the result of t-value is 2.59 based on the 0.05 significant level, the value of t-table is 2.000. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table , that is (2.59 >2.000). So, it can be stated that the hypothesis “ The use of word web to improve students’ vocabulary at the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kebumen in the academic year 2013/ 2014 is effective” is accepted.