The Effect of Applying Mnemonic Method with Flash Card as Media in Teaching Vocabulary at SMP Swasta Pelita Medan of The Academic Year 2016/2017

Abstract

The objective of this research were to find out the effect of Applying Mnemonic Method with Flash Card as Media in Teaching Vocabulary at SMP Swasta Pelita Medan of The Academic Year 2016/2017. The population of this research was the VII grade students of SMP Swasta Pelita Medan, with the total population were 200 students.The sample was devided into two groups, the first group was experimental group taught by applying Mnemonic method with the flash card who consisted of 20 students, the second group was group taught by using lecturing method who consisted of 20 students. The sample used was cluster random sampling by administrating three steps; there were pre-test, treatment, post-test. Matching and fill in the blank test was the instrument used to get the data after analyzing the data, it was found that was higher than ; > ; or10.363 >1.68, at α = 0.05 and the degree freedom (df) 38. It means that students’ result by Mnemonic method was higher than by using lecturing method the alternative hypothesis was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected or the use of Mnemonic method was significantly more effective to increase the vocabulary than using Lecturing method.