IMPLEMENTING BACKWARD SPELLING QUIZ IN TEACHING ENGLISH
| Main Authors: | Natalia, Ervina, Sudirman, Sudirman, Huzairin, Huzairin |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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FKIP UNILA
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/532 http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/532/278 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abstract:This research was intended to find out whether there was a significantdifference of vocabulary achievement of students before and after being taughtthrough backward spelling quiz. One group pretest-posttest, pre-experimental designwas applied. The subject of the research was the grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1Bumi Nabung Lampung Tengah in the year 2011/2012. Vocabulary test in the form ofmultiple choices was used as the instrument of the research and repeated measures ttestwas accomplished to analyz the data.The results show that the students taught through backward spelling quiz seemed tobe more enjoyable and interested in learning vocabulary since the students couldprovide a good response during teaching learning process. The teaching learningprocess challenged and involved all students in the game. It can be seen from theincrease of the studentsâ€TM mean score. The studentsâ€TM mean score of the pretest was57.19 while the mean score of the posttest was 79.30. After comparing the result ofthe pretest and the posttest scores, it was found that there was a significant difference,the mean score of the students increased 22.10 after the treatments. The total numberof items of the studentsâ€TM correct answer for the three aspects (noun, verb, adjective) inthe pretest was 570 while on the posttest was 874, and the increase was 304.Based on the data analysis the significant level acceptedproposed in this research wasof 0.05, it was noted that p=0.000. It proves that the studentsâ€TM scores weresignificantly different (p<0.05, p=0.000) and the studentsâ€TM active learning was better.So the hypothesis (H) proposed in this research was accepted. Having conducted theobservation, it was found that this game help teacher to create could good atmospherein the classroom. It was proven since 91% students responded lesson enthusiastically,91% worked cooperatively and 96% were able to create their own sentences by usingvocabulary they had just learnt.Key Words: backward spelling, increasing, vocabulary achievementÂ