ENRICHING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY THROUGH SPELLING BEE GAME

Tesalonika Mercy Saiya (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Elisabeth Z. Oroh (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Maikel Sanger (Universitas Negeri Manado)

SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2022): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of the Spelling Bee game in enriching students’ vocabulary. This study was carried out at SMK Negeri 2 Tondano, in which the subject was the 10th grade tourism department students which consist of 12 students. This research used quantitative research through the pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design. The data of this research were collected by using tests in the form of pre-test and post-test. The result of this research showed that the scores of the students in the post-test are higher than the pre-test. The mean of the post-test was 89.21 while the mean of the pre–test was 58.49. It means that using the Spelling Bee game in teaching vocabulary is effective in enriching students’ vocabulary.