| dc.description.abstract | Vocabulary is one of language components that play an important role in the
process of learning English. Tarigan (1993:2) claims that the more vocabulary
students own, the more possible they have language competence. It means that by
having sufficient vocabulary, the students are able to listen, to speak, to read and to
write thoroughly. In other words, if there is no sufficient knowledge of mastering
vocabulary, students will not able to express their idea or even to communicate with
other.
In learning vocabulary, students have difficulty in memorizing and
understanding the meaning of the words. Because of that reason, the teacher needs to
use media that can help the students in understanding meaning of vocabulary easily.
To solve the problem, the researcher used riddles as media to help the students
memorize and understand the meaning of new vocabulary. The researcher used
riddles because it can create relax atmosphere and can motivate students in learning.
As Marcy (2008) state that doing the exercises through riddle is an activity that the
teacher can transfer the material and make students relax in the class when they
accept the material. Moreover Frost (2009) says that riddles can provide an
entertaining way for students to identify words. This means that riddles can be very
useful and meaningful in language learning process.
The purpose of this research was to know whether or not there is a
significant effect of using riddles on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary
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