The Implementation of English Short Movies to Improve Vocabulary Mastery: The Case of Second Grade of SMP N 1 Kendal in the Academic Year 2022/2023

Vocabulary is really important in learning a language. This quantitative research
study the implementation of English short movies to teach vocabulary for
students. This research was focused on investigating the implementation of
English short movies in improving students’ English vocabulary mastery of eighth
graders of SMP N 1 Kendal. The objectives of this research were to find out the
result of students’ vocabulary mastery before and after applying English short
movie, to find out whether there was any significant difference of students’
achievement in their vocabulary understanding who were taught before and after
using English short movies, and to find out students’ perception about the
implementation of English short movies in teaching and learning process. an
original motion picture that has a running time of less than one hour, including all
credits. To achieve the aim of this research, it used a pre-experimental design.
This research was conducted at second grade of SMP N 1 Kendal. The number of
sample was 31 students. The data was gained from pre-test, post-test, and
questionnaire. The instrument of this research are multiple-choice test and closed�questionnaire. Then the data was analyzed by using t-test formula in SPSS
program to find out the significant difference on students’ English vocabulary
mastery before and after applying English short movies. The scores result of the
data analysis of students’ pre-test showed that the students still lack of vocabulary.
It can be seen from the score percentage which only got 63.58% on pre-test. On
the other hand, in post-test, the students’ score increased after applying English
short movies. The score percentage gained 74.96% which meant the score
category was good. Based on the calculation by using formulas, the value of t-test
was 7.480. Meanwhile, t-table value at level significance 5% was 2.04. According
to the result, it can be concluded that t-test was higher than t-table (7.480>2.04). It
showed that there is significant effect of the students’ English vocabulary mastery
after they received English short movies. The main factor affecting this
improvement was the students’ interest in teaching learning process using English
short movies. In addition about students’ perceptions towards the implementation
of English short movies, most of them felt positive about the implementation of
English short movies in learning process. Based on this data, the researcher
concluded that implementation of English short movies could improve students’
English vocabulary.
Keywords : Implementation, English short movies, vocabulary mastery.