THE USE OF FLASHCARD AS MEDIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: CASE OF GRADES 7 OF SMPN5 AMBARAWA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Putri Azharra,Alifvia, 2022. The use of flashcard to improve students’ vocabulary
mastery in writing descriptive text: case of grades 7 of Smpn5 Ambarawa in the
academic year 2021/2022. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language
and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Jafar Sodiq, M.Pd.,
Advisor II: Dr. Arso Setyaji,S Pd., M.hum.
Keywords: flashcard, vocabulary mastery, descriptive text
This study aims to determine: (1) To find out students’ vocabulary mastery of SMPN
5 Ambarawa in writing descriptive text taught with using flashcard (2)To find out
students’ vocabulary mastery of SMPN 5 Ambarawa in writing descriptive text taught
without using flashcard.(3)To know the significant difference of students’ vocabulary
mastery in writing descriptive text taught with and without using flashcard.
This research is a quasi-experimental research.
This research was conducted at
SMPN 5 Ambarawa in May-June 2022. The population in this study was class VII
students consisting of 33 students in the experimental class and 33 students in the
control class.
The experimental class in its treatment using flashcards while the
control class only uses the lecture method as a learning process. The design used in
this study is the Pre-Test Post-Test Control Group Design. The research instrument
was in the form of a learning outcome test. To test the hypothesis using the paired
sample t-test. Data analysis was done descriptively.
The results of this study indicate that: (1) in the experimental class the average value
of the pretest is 57.33 while the posttest average value is 82.64 which is higher than
the control class, (2) in the control class the average value of the pretest is 56.06 while
the posttest average value is 66.66, still lower than the experimental class (3) the
average posttest value of the experimental class > control class is 82.64 > 66.67 which
means that the vocabulary mastery of the experimental class is higher than the control
class. In the paired t-test, the results obtained are sig.2 tailed of 0.000 <0.05 using
flashcards is more effective