THE COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN FLASHCARD AND SCRABBLE MEDIA TO MOTIVATE THE STUDENT’S MASTERY IN VOCABULARY

Abstract

Abstract

Mastering vocabulary is very important for EFL students. The purposes of this comparative study are to 1) to determine the level of the students’motivation in vocabulary mastery, 2) to find out the interaction between the use of the applications(flashcard and scrabble) and the level of the students’ motivation. This quantitative study was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Jelimpo from 21st - 28th January 2018. The population in this study was the tenth graders involving the students of class X MIA as an experimental class and class X IIS A as a control class. Data collection techniques used tests, questionnaires, and observations. The data analysis used a two-way ANOVA.  The results show that: (1) There is a differentmotivation in Vocabulary Mastery in proving withan average result of 67,7% in the medium category (2) Media influence to Value (sig = 0,047 <0, 05), while motivation does not affect the value (sig = 0.424> 0.05). (3) This study also finds a difference of effectiveness between the application of flashcards and scrabble media with the mean of experimental class gains 82,17 and mean of control class gains 68,80. Moreover, the result of observation shows the students of class X MIA are active and X IIS A are ranged into a very active, active, and quite active.

 

Keywords: flashcard and scrabble media, vocabulary mastery, learning motivation