THE EFFECT OF USING A SNAKE AND LADDER GAME ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AT SMPN 1 JENGGAWAH IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was an experimental research that was conducted at SMPN 1 Jenggawah to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using a Snake and Ladder Game on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the 2012/2013 academic year. The data of this research were gathered by administering a vocabulary achievement test and by having interview with the English teacher. The subjects of this research were 71 students of class 8E as the experimental group taught by a Snake and Ladder Game and class 8D as the control group taught without a Snake and Ladder Game. Both groups were taught by using eclectic method. They were taken randomly by lottery from eight classes. The vocabulary achievement test was collected from the post test to make comparison of the gained scores between the two groups after the treatment, and the vocabulary test result was analyzed by using t-test formula by using SPSS. Based on the computation, the gain score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group. The result showed that the significant value was 0.020, or lower than 0.05. It means that the null hypothesis was rejected, thus the alternative hypothesis: there is a significant effect of using a Snake and Ladder Game on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 1 Jenggawah was accepted.