IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING RUSTAN FINGER GAMES AT THE TENTH�GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 4 PALOPO

The purpose of this research is to determine whether Rustan Finger Games could improve the vocabulary of tenth-grade students at SMP Negeri 4 Palopo. The research question for this research is: “Is the use of Rustan Finger Games effective
to improve the students‟ vocabulary at SMA Negeri 4 Palopo?”. Based on the description, the research objective is to find out whether the use of Rustan Finger Games is effective to improve students‟ vocabulary at SMA Negeri 4 Palopo. The
research involved 14 students as the research sample through purposive sampling. This research employed a pre-experimental design and used a one-group pre-test and post-test. The researcher used pre-test and post-test to collect data and
analyzed it using SPSS 26. The findings showed significant differences between the pre-test and post-test scores, with the average pre-test score being 41.79 and the average post-test score rising to 81.07. The researcher used SPSS 26 to test the
hypothesis by conducting a paired sample t-test. The value of Tc (t-count) is 22.747, with the df (degree of freedom) value of 13. The significant value 0.05 on df (degree of freedom) value 13 is 2.160, which means the data stated that the value of Tc (t-count) is higher than the value of Tt (t-table), as follows 22.747>2.160. The result from the t-test showed that the significance value is
0.001, which is smaller than the P value standard 0.05 (0.001 < 0.05). On the other hand, hypothesis alternative (H1) is accepted, and hypothesis null (Ho) is rejected. Based on these results, the researcher concluded that Rustan Finger Games
effectively enhanced students' vocabulary.