Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019): July

Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) to Teach Vocabulary of English for Specific Purpose in Increasing Students’ Self-Esteem

Sunarti Sunarti (Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)
Rani Herning Puspita (Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)
Abdul Halim (Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2019

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the implementation of playing game on students’ mastery on vocabulary of ESP viewed from self-esteem in producing words. The investigation were: (1) to know whether Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) was more effective than Grammar Translation Method (GTM) to teach vocabulary of ESP; (2) to know whether the students whose self-esteem was high had better vocabulary of ESP mastery than those who had low self-esteem; and (3) to prove whether there was an interaction between teaching methods and self-esteem to teach vocabulary of ESP. The research design used for the research was a simple factorial design 2 x 2. Simple Random sampling was used to select 48 students of two classes. Meanwhile, in determining the sample into the experimental and control class, the researcher chose the class randomly. The data were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of ANOVA 2x2 and Tuckey test. The findings of this research revealed: (1) TGT was more effective than GTM in teaching vocabulary of ESP. (2) The students who were taught by TGT had higher vocabulary mastery than those who were taught by GTM. (3) The students having high self-esteem had better ESP vocabulary than those of students with low self-esteem. It is concluded that: 1) Teams-Games-Tournament is more effective than GTM in teaching vocabulary of ESP; 2) The students having high self-esteem have better vocabulary of ESP mastery than those having low self-esteem; 3) There was interaction between teaching methods and students’ self-esteem

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Journal Info

Abbrev

efi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature is an International Journal that is published twice a year in the months of July and December. This journal has been indexed on DOAJ. The aim of this journal is to promote a principled approach to research on language and ...