THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE SEVENTH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 AMBAL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Abstract

The use of outdoor activities in teaching vocabulary on the seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Ambal, Kebumen in academic year of 2013/2014 is effective. It can be seen from the mean score of experimental group is higher than the mean score of control group. The mean of experimental group is 74.69. Meanwhile, the mean of control group is 66.32. In addition, the result of t-value is 3.461. Based on the critical value on the t-table using the 5% (0.05) alpha level significance and the degree of freedom is 55. It shows that the t-value is higher than t-table (3.70>1.98). It means that the method used by the researcher is effective to improve students‟ vocabulary mastery at seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Ambal, Kebumen. Therefore, the researcher‟s hypothesis with 0.95 or 95% of significance level is accepted and consequently null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. In addition, teaching vocabulary by using Outdoor Activities has some advantages. Since the students involve actively in the class, teaching learning process run well.