IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MAN PALOPO THROUGH MNEMONIC TECHNIQUE

ABSTRACT
Mirdayanti, 2013 “Improving Students’ Vocabulary at the Eleventh Year Students
of MAN Palopo through Mnemonic Technique”. Thesis of English
Study Program of Education Department in Sekolah Tinggi Agama
Islam Negeri (STAIN) Palopo, Concultant Madehang,S.Ag.,M.Pd.
and Wahibah,S.Ag.,Hum.
Key words: Improving Students’ Vocabulary, Mnemonic Technique, MAN
Palopo
This thesis deals with improving students’ vocabulary at the eleventh year
students of MAN Palopo through Mnemonic technique, the problem statement of this
thesis are: Is Mnemonic technique effective to improve students vocabulary at the
eleventh year senior high school of MAN Palopo and how is the students’ response
toward Mnemonic technique. The objective of the research was to know effectiveness
of mnemonic technique in teaching vocabulary.
The research applied experimental technique, and focused on the eleventh
IPS1 year students of Senior high School of MAN Palopo academic year 2013/2014.
The population was 120 students from one class. The research used porpusive
sampling technique, where the research took 22 students as sample in this research.
The research collected data by using test. The test functioned to determine the
improvement of the students’ vocabulary after teaching by applying Mnemonic
technique. This research consisted of two variables, namely dependent variable and
independent variable. Dependent variable is the students’ vocabulary at the eleventh
year students of senior high school of MAN Palopo, and Independent variable is
teaching vocabulary through Mnemonic technique.
The result of test analysis that Mnemonic technique is effective in improving
students’ vocabulary because ttest is bigger than ttable, the tcount = 10,65≥ 2,831 with df
21. and the questionnaire shows that the students have positive response in learning
vocabulary by using mnemonic technique at the eleventh year students of MAN
Palopo.