Improving Students’ Vocabulary Achievement Through Anagram Technique In Smp Taman Harapan Medan

Abstract

The objective of this research is to know the implementation of anagram technique in students’ vocabulary mastery and to find out whether the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery through the anagram technique. This research conduct at SMP Taman Harapan Medan academic year 2017-2018 as the subject of researcher. The subject of this research were consisted of 27 students of the first grade in class VIII-B. The research conduct with Classroom Action Research. In conducting this classroom action research, the researcher divided the action into two cycles. The instrument of collecting data are qualitative data from observation, interview, diary notes, and documentation. Quantitative data are take from tests multiple choice, which was carried out in the end of every cycle. Based on the result of this research show that the students’ score increase from the first meeting namely cycle I until the last meeting namely cycle II. From the counting, the researcher find the mean of pre-test is 56.85, there is 18.51% (5 students) who get points up 75. In the post test cycle I, the mean is 71.48, it is higher than pre-test. There is 62.96% (17 students) who get points up 75 in post-test I of cycle I. In the post test cycle II, the mean was 79.62, it was higher than post-test I. There is 77.77% (21 students) who get points up 75 in post-test I of cycle I. The students nearly have no difficulties. it is fact that in attitude assessment maximum score care was 135 the students had 119, respect was 135 the students had 116, team work was 135 the students had 117, self confident was 135 the students had 111, and responsibility was 135 the students had 111. it’s means, The using anagram technique to the Students Achievement in Learning vocabulary was evaluable. Based on test and the observation students , it shown that the enthusiasm and excitement of the students are also improved.