IMPROVING STUDENTS' VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH MAPPING WORDS TECHNIQUE AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF MTS RAUDHATUL MU’MININ BANDAR LAMPUNG
Keywords:
Classroom Action Research (CAR), Mapping words, Vocabulary masteryAbstract
The objectives of this research were to improve the students’ learning activity and vocabulary mastery by using Mapping words. It was a kind of vocabulary strategy where the students explore their mind to collect words as many as possible based the topic given. In this research, the writer used Classroom Action Research as the design in collected the data. The research implementation of research was in two cycles. The sample of this research was in one class only with 27 students. To get the data of research, the writer used observation sheet and vocabulary test. The test used in this research was vocabulary test with 40 item multiple choice, it aimed to get the score of students’ vocabulary mastery and used observation sheet for the students’ learning activity. The findings of this research showed Mapping words successful to improve students’ learning activity and vocabulary mastery. It can be seen from the average score of students’ learning activity and vocabulary mastery. The average score of students’ learning activity was increased from the first cycle 6.79 while in the second cycle 7.96, it was from less active to active criteria. Then, it was found that the average score in cycle 1 was 68.51 or 59.26% students who passed Minimum Mastery Criteria while in cycle 2 was 78.79 or 88.89% students who passed Minimum Mastery Criteria. Therefore, the implementation of Mapping words was successful to be used in improving the students’ learning activity and vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of MTS Raudhatul Mu’minin Bandar Lampung in academic year of 2022/2023.
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