THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CARTOON MOVIE TOWARD STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMPN 2 KOTA SERANG

Sutrisno Sadji Evenddy, M.Pd. dan Delsa Miranty, M.Pd. selaku pembimbing

The objective of the research was to find out the effectiveness of using cartoon movie toward students vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of SMPN 2 Kota Serang. The researcher used quantitative research by applying true experimental design for conducting the research. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Kota Serang. The sample of this research was the students of VII A as experimental class and VII B as control class. Each class consisted of 37 students. The classes were chosen by cluster random sampling from ten classes. In collecting the data, the researcher conducted pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was given to the classes before treatment. Then treatment was given only to experimental class for two meetings. Post-test was given to the classes after treatment. In analyzing the data, the researcher used T-test. The result of the calculation showed that in the significance degree of 5% is tcount (20.2) is higher than ttable (1.99). It means the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alterative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and it can be seen that the average gained score of the experimental class is higher than those of control class. Therefore, it can be concluded that cartoon movie is effective on the students vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of SMPN 2 Kota Serang. Furthermore, this media can be an alternative media for English in teaching learning process especially in vocabulary mastery.
Keywords: Vocabulary Mastery, Media, Cartoon Movie

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