THE EFFECT OF HUMOR IN READING TEXTS AS TEACHING MATERIALS ON VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT MA MA'ARIF BANGIL IN THE 2002/2003 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was the Quasi- Experimental research with Randomized Design dealing with teaching vocabulary by using humor in reading texts as teaching materials. The problem of this research was: Is there any significant effect cf humor in reading texts as teaching materilas on vocabulary achievement of the first year students of MA Ma'arif 8angil in the 2002/2003 academic year? U was intended to know the significant effect of humor in reading text as teaching material on vocabulary achievement of the first year students at MA Ma'arif Bangil in the 2002/2003 academic year. This study was conducted at MA Ma'arif Bangil. The respondents (the experimental group and the control group) were taken by using cluster random sampling by lottery from the homogenous population of the first year students. The primary data were collected by using Vocabulary test that was given to the respondents after the treatment. Tbe collected primary data were analyzed by using t-tcst formula with the significance level of 5% to know whether or not there was a significant effect of humor in reading texts as teaching materials on the students' vocabulary achievement. The result of the data analysis showed that the statistical value oft-test, 2.53, was higher than the critical value oft-table, 2.00. It means that there was a significant effect of humor in reading texts as teaching materials on the students' vocabulary achievement. So, the humor in reading texts as teaching materials has power to improve students' vocabulary achievement. Therefore, the English teacher is suggested to use the humor in reading texts as teaching materials, as alternative way, to teach vocabulary.