THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH CARD SORT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN PERSONAL PRONOUN AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGERI 4 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

English is one of international languages. As an international language, English used in many fields mainly in the fields of science, information and technology which are essential fields to get better life. That is why, English is taught in every country. One of the most important language component is vocabulary. The main objective of the thesis is to find out whether there is any effectiveness in using English card sort to improve students’ mastery in personal pronoun. Population of this research is the tenth grade students of SMK N 4 Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014 that consists of 190 students. The researcher took two classes as sample. They are class X NKPI A as a Control Group and X NKPI B as an Experimental Group. The researcher took quantitative research for analyzing her study. This research used pre-test and post-test as the instrument. The researcher gave pre-test to each group before giving the treatment. For the experimental group, the treatment was given using English card sort, while for the control group, the treatment was given without English card sort. At the end of the experiment, both groups were given a post-test. The result of the study showed that there is a difference between mean of experimental group and control group. From the calculation of test, it can be known Value was 83.07>61.73, in other words, the use of English card sort is effective. Based on the data, the researcher concludes that teaching personal pronoun by using card sort is effective to improve personal pronoun mastery. As the fact, the result of t-value is 9.278. Based on the 5% significance levels, the value of ttable is 2.008. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, which is 9.278>2.001. Another fact shows that the method used is effective is shown by the mean of experimental group that is higher than the mean of control group. In the experimental group, the mean is 83.07on the contrary, the mean of control group is 61.73.