THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORD WALL STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS VOCABULARY TO THE 7TH GRADERS OF SMP NEGERI 1 JEPAR

Kurnia Sari, Dewi. 2022. The Effectiveness of Word Wall Strategy to Improve
Students Vocabulary to the 7th Graders of SMP Negeri 1 Jepara. Final Project,
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education,
Universitas PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Dr. Senowarsito, M.Pd., Advisor II: Fitri Yulianti, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Keywords: Vocabulary, Word Wall, English Learning
Vocabulary is important for language knowledge. This study is to find out
whether any significant difference between vocabulary ability of the students who
are taught with word wall strategy and without word wall strategy to the 7th
graders of SMP Negeri 1 Jepara. Quasi-experimental research was used in this
study method. In this study, the writer collects the data by using the tests. The
writer uses the statistical calculation with SPSS in data analyzed. The sample of
this research is two classes from seventh grade. One class for the experimental
class and one class for the control class. Each class has 32 students. As a result, it
can be witnessed from the mean of pre-test and pos-test. In pre-test result
experimental class is 68, while control class is 65. After being given treatment,
experimental class is 84, while control class is 65. Moreover, the hypothesis result
showed that Ha is accepted. Because T-value was higher than the table's critical
value (5.996> 1.998), it indicates that there was a significant difference in the
students' vocabulary ability using word wall strategy and without using word wall
strategy.