International Conference on Education and Language (ICEL)
Vol 2 (2014): 2nd ICEL 2014

The Impact of Using Thesaurus Program in Microsoft Word Towards Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Wenny Octaria Tami (Junior High School, Bandar Lampung)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 May 2014

Abstract

The goal of this thesis was to find out the impact of using thesaurus program in Microsoft word towards students’ vocabulary mastery in grade eight of SMP Wiyatama Bandar Lampung in academic year 2013/2014. Thesaurus program was used to make the students interested in learning English. It was as a media or technology to enrich their vocabulary.Data were collected by incorporating two pre-tests and two post-tests in experimental group and control group. Treatment using Thesaurus program in Microsoft word was administered in experimental group, while control group received traditional teaching. Data analysis was attempted using t-Test for two group design.After giving the tests, analyze the score was the next step to get the result. Result indicated that p-value 1% = 2, 65, 5% = 2, 00, and t-value = 5,46. It means p-value is smaller than t-value. Therefore, it could be inferred that null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. The conclusion that can be drawn based on the explanation above was: by using thesaurus was more effective than traditional teaching.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

icel

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Subject

Education

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This Proceedings contains papers submitted and presented at the International Conference on Education and Language in 2013 and 2014. 2nd International Conference on Language Education hosted by the University of Bandar Lampung on 20-22 May 2014, at the graduate campus, the University of Bandar ...