TEACHING VOCABULARY THROUGH FIRST LETTER ONLY GAME AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 8 PALOPO

ABSTRACT
Rosita, 2013. “ Teaching Vocabulary Through First Letter Only Game at The
Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo”. A thesis, English Study
Program of Tarbiyah Department The State College for Islamic
Studies ( STAIN) Palopo. Consultant 1 Muh.Irfan Hasanuddin,
S.Ag,M.A and Consultant II Jufriadi, S.S.,M.Pd.
Key Words : Teaching, Vocabulary, First Letter Only Game .
This thesis deals with teaching vocabulary through First Letter Only Game at
the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo. The problem statement of this thesis : “
Can FLO Game improve students’ vocabulary at the eight grade of SMPN8
Palopo’?and what are the students’perception toward the FLO Game?.
The researcher used pre-experimental method and the population of this
research was the eighth grade students of SMP Negri 8 Palopo where was consisted
of 182 students. Thus, the researcher used purposive sampling where the researcher
took 27 students as the sample in this research. The instrument that were used to
collect data were pre-test, post test, and questionnaire.
The result of the research indicated that significance difference between the
result of pre-test mean score was 3,518 and post-test mean score was 7,296. In
addition, the result was accepted ttest was bigger than ttable, ttest = 16,58 and ttable with
significant 0,025 = 2,78 with df = 26. So that there was significant development of
students’ vocabulary through First Letter Only Game. And data quetionnaire shows
that there were good responses from the students toward First Letter Only game
because it can improve their vocabulary especially noun