THE EFFECT OF USING WORDWALL WEBSITE AS A STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the significant effect of using Wordwall Website as a strategy on students’ vocabulary mastery. This research was conducted at MTs Babul Ulum Medan. The population of this study was the eight grade at 2024/2025 academic year. This research used quantitative with quasi experimental design. The population were 120 students which distributed in four classes, there are VIII A, VIII B, VIII C, and VIII D. The sample consisted of 60 students was taken by using random sampling technique. The sample was divided into 2 classes, namely experimental group which consisted 30 students and control group consisted 30 students. The experimental group used Wordwall Website while the control group did not use Wordwall Website. The instrument of this research had 15 item tests, 10 of multiple choices test and 5 of arrange test. The results of the 2 classes showed that using of Wordwall Website is higher than without using Wordwall Website, it could be seen of the students’ mean scores in the pre-test experimental group (50.96) and post-test (85.26), while from the control group pre-test (49.26) and post-test (72.83). In this case, the wordwall website has a positive impact on students’ vocabulary mastery. Based on the research findings, it could be concluded that there was a significant effect of using Wordwall Website as a strategy on students’ vocabulary mastery. In the other words, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted.