THE INFLUENCE OF WORD DETECTIVE STRATEGY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY
Keywords:
Experimental Research, Vocabulary Mastery, Word Detective StrategyAbstract
The research aimed to know the influence of Word Detective Strategy on students’ ability to vocabulary mastery and if the average score of students’ vocabulary mastery taught using the Word Detective Strategy is higher than taught using the conventional method. This research used a quantitative method. The population was the students in the second semester at eleventh grade of MAN 2 Bandar Lampung, 370 students in 11 classes. The sample for this research was two classes. One class was XI IPS 1 as experimental, there were 36 students, and another class was XI IPS 2 as the control class, there were 36 students. In determining the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique. In collecting the data, the researcher used a writing test. In analysing the data, the researcher used the t-test formula. Based on the data analysis, it can be concluded that ttest 3,65 and ttable = 2,00 with the significance 5% (0,05) and ttable =2.66 with the significance 1% (0,01). It means that ttest > ttable. So, Ha was accepted. The students who were taught using the Word Detective Strategy got a higher score than those who were taught using the conventional method. The average score of the experimental class was 75,53 and the average score of the control class was 67,97. This shows that there is any positive and significant influence of using Word Detective Strategy on the students’ vocabulary mastery.
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