The effectiveness of spelling online game to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at first-grade students of MTs Negeri 2 Manggarai Barat in the academic year 2022/2023

Fatikha Avirah Rahmawati, Soviyah Soviyah, Malik Akbar Nurrasyid Sidiq, Wanda Arifin

Abstract


The aim of this study is to find out the effectiveness of the use of spelling online game to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. This study was conducted among the first-grade students of MTs Negeri 2 Manggarai Barat. The total number of the respondents involved were 55 students who were divided into two groups i.e. 29 students of the control group and 26 of the experimental group. As for the research design, this study applied quantitative design taking pre-test and post-test as the research instruments. The pre-tests and post-test were in the form of twenty multiple choice questions and three essay questions. These tests were then calculated and analyzed by using SPSS 16 applying T-test calculation. The finding of this study showed that teaching vocabulary using spelling online game was effective. It’s proved by the result that the t counted was (3976) > t table (1674) and the sig(2-tailed) was 0.000< 0.05. It showed that the spelling online game was effective in improving students’ vocabulary mastery of the first-grade students of MTs Negeri 2 Manggarai Barat and the H0 (null hypothesis) was rejected. In other words, this summarizes that there was a significant difference between students’ improvement in mastering vocabulary taught by using spelling online game.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12928/iucee2022.v2i1.12909

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