| dc.description.abstract | This experimental research investigated the effect of using Team Games
Tournament technique on the eighth grade students' vocabulary achievement at SMP
Negeri 9 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. This research was started by
conducting an interview with the English teacher of the eighth grade students at that
school on 2nd October 2015.
There were six classes of the eighth grade students that consisted of 30 to 40
students in each class. Prior to conducting this experimental research, a homogeneity
test was done to examine the homogeneity of the population. As the result of the
homogeneity test, it was showed that the population was not homogeneous. Therefore,
the respondents of the research were chosen by selecting classes that had minimum gap
of mean score and doing a random selecting for the experimental group and control
group. As the result, there were two classes chosen as the respondent of the research,
they were class A as the control group, and class C as the experimental group. Further,
the experimental group was given the treatment that was the teaching of vocabulary by
using TGT technique while the control group was taught the same materials by using
pairing technique. The treatments were given to both groups in two meetings and
followed by giving the posttest in the third meeting.
The data in the term of posttest scores were analyzed by using the independent
sample t-test formula. The result of the data analysis, showed that the use of Team
Games Tournament technique in teaching vocabulary had a significant effect on the
students' vocabulary achievement. The mean score of each class had a significant
difference, where the experimental group had significantly higher mean score than the
control group.
Moreover, the Degree of Relative Effectiveness analysis showed that the use of
TGT technique in teaching vocabulary was 11,5576% relatively more effective than the
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use of pairing technique. It could be said that the use of TGT was relatively effective to
gain the students' success in learning vocabulary compared to the pairing technique.
The whilst teaching class observation found that the students in the experimental
class were more enthusiastic in learning the materials than those in the control class.
The students in control class was not as motivated as those in the experimental class,
they held their focus on what they had to learn in shorter duration than those in
experimental group. The students in the experimental class were more active in learning
the materials and helped each other to master the materials in order to win the game.
The students were more motivated in learning the materials so that they were be able to
comprehend the materials better and faster. The students were more motivated because
there was a game in which they got a reward if they won the game, and since the
success of a team was affected by the performance of each member of the team, the
members in the team helped each other to master the materials given. Moreover, most
students feel more comfortable to ask their friend for a help rather than ask their
teacher. The TGT Technique engage the students into positive interaction between the
students, engage the students into peer tutoring activity, and improves the students
attitudes and motivation in the learning activity.
In brief, the use of Team Games Tournament technique in teaching vocabulary
had a significant positive effect on the eighth grade students' vocabulary achievement at
SMPN 9 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. Therefore, it is suggested to the
English teacher to apply TGT technique as an alternative technique of teaching
vocabulary and to improve the students’ vocabulary achievement. Furthermore, it also
suggested to the future researchers to use the results of this action research as a
reference to conduct the same research to improve the students achievement of
vocabulary or other English components and skills in different research design or at
different school to develop the quality of teaching vocabulary or other English
components and skills. | en_US |
