The Effect of Using Team Games Tournament (TGT) Technique on

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Team Games Tournament (TGT) Technique on vocabulary mastery of the eighth grade students at SMPN 13 Jember in the 2013/2014 academic year. A posttest-only, quasi experimental design was used. The research respondents were determined by using homogeneity test and were analyzed by using ANOVA, all classes in the eighth grade were heterogeneous. Two classes that had similar meaning were chosen as the experimental group and the control group by using lottery. The total numbers of the respondents were 60 students consisted of 31 students from class VIII-C as experimental group and 29 students from class VIII-D as the control group. The research data were analyzed by using t-test formula with 95% confidence interval of the difference. Results indicated that the mean score of vocabulary test for the experimental group was 78 while the control group was 72.5. This implies that the experimental group performed better in the vocabulary test compare to the control group. In conclusion, this research proved that there was a significant effect of using Team Games Tournament (TGT) Technique on vocabulary mastery of the eighth grade students at SMPN 13 Jember in the 2013/2014 academic year.