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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTURE CROSSWORD PUZZLE GAME IN TEACHING VOCABULARY Nugroho, Wahyu; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6 No 2 (2017): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
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This article is based on a study which attempted to examine the effectiveness of the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary. The purposes of this study are to describe the difference in students’ vocabulary mastery between those by using Picture Crossword Puzzle Game and conventional method (translation) and to describe the effectiveness of Picture Crossword Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary. The research design used in this study was a Quasi-Experimental Research. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Patebon in the academic year of 2016/2017. The control group was the class of VII-G and the experimental group was the class of VII-H. The results show that from the pre-test, both control and experimental groups have the same mean scores, which is 68.44. After the treatment, there was an increase of mean score of both groups in post-test, which is 81.25 for the control group and 90.94 for the experimental group.The quantitative result shows that the t value is 4.182 and the t table is 1.999. Based on the statistic, it is concluded that there is a sifnificant difference in achievement between both groups. However, this statistic result is not that significant regarding the condition of both control and experimental groups. In other words, the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game has no significant effect on students’ vocabulary mastery. Yet, the result of the questionnaire shows that teaching vocabulary using Picture Crossword Puzzle game is interesting for the students. There are 91.8% students who give positive response to Picture Crossword Puzzle Game. In conclusion, the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game can be used to teach vocabulary because this game is interesting.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN PERCEPTION OR PRODUCTION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SOUNDS WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS WITH THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE Biantoro, Ryan; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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This paper is written based on the error analysis on perception or production inpronouncing English sounds which have different distributions by the students ofSMP N 2 Demak in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The study was aimed to describeand to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning Englishfinal voiced stops [b, d, g]. This study is using qualitative approach. The populationof the study was the eight grader students of SMP N 2 Demak. The total numbers ofthe population used in this research are 310. Random sampling technique was usedto get the sample. The data of this study was obtained from listening and speakingtests. The result of those tests were used as the source of data collection. Then, theresult was interpreted by using Tinambunan‟s criterion grading. In perception test,the error proportion of the 30 students was 6,07% while in the production test, theerror proportion was 28,2% out of 30 students. Based on the results, it is concludedthat the students were considered exellent in perceiving but fair in pronouncing finalvoiced stops [b, d, g].
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTURE CROSSWORD PUZZLE GAME IN TEACHING VOCABULARY Nugroho, Wahyu; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6 No 2 (2017): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v6i2.20701

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This article is based on a study which attempted to examine the effectiveness of the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary. The purposes of this study are to describe the difference in students’ vocabulary mastery between those by using Picture Crossword Puzzle Game and conventional method (translation) and to describe the effectiveness of Picture Crossword Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary. The research design used in this study was a Quasi-Experimental Research. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Patebon in the academic year of 2016/2017. The control group was the class of VII-G and the experimental group was the class of VII-H. The results show that from the pre-test, both control and experimental groups have the same mean scores, which is 68.44. After the treatment, there was an increase of mean score of both groups in post-test, which is 81.25 for the control group and 90.94 for the experimental group.The quantitative result shows that the t value is 4.182 and the t table is 1.999. Based on the statistic, it is concluded that there is a sifnificant difference in achievement between both groups. However, this statistic result is not that significant regarding the condition of both control and experimental groups. In other words, the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game has no significant effect on students’ vocabulary mastery. Yet, the result of the questionnaire shows that teaching vocabulary using Picture Crossword Puzzle game is interesting for the students. There are 91.8% students who give positive response to Picture Crossword Puzzle Game. In conclusion, the Picture Crossword Puzzle Game can be used to teach vocabulary because this game is interesting.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN PERCEPTION OR PRODUCTION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SOUNDS WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS WITH THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE Biantoro, Ryan; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v7i2.28851

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This paper is written based on the error analysis on perception or production inpronouncing English sounds which have different distributions by the students ofSMP N 2 Demak in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The study was aimed to describeand to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning Englishfinal voiced stops [b, d, g]. This study is using qualitative approach. The populationof the study was the eight grader students of SMP N 2 Demak. The total numbers ofthe population used in this research are 310. Random sampling technique was usedto get the sample. The data of this study was obtained from listening and speakingtests. The result of those tests were used as the source of data collection. Then, theresult was interpreted by using Tinambunan‟s criterion grading. In perception test,the error proportion of the 30 students was 6,07% while in the production test, theerror proportion was 28,2% out of 30 students. Based on the results, it is concludedthat the students were considered exellent in perceiving but fair in pronouncing finalvoiced stops [b, d, g].