1 TEACHING VOCABULARY THROUGH “RIDDLES”

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to provide information about the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary through riddle. The method of this research is a pre-experimental research. The data were taken from the objective test that was given to students. The test consists of 25 items of pre-test and 25 items of post-test, in the form of short-answer questions (riddle). This research was done to 31 students as the sample. From the result of the analysis, the researcher found that there is the improvement of the students ’ mean score. The students ’ mean score of post-test is higher than the students ’ mean score of pre-test. The result of t-test was higher than t-table. The effect size of the using riddle in teaching vocabulary on the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Bengkayang in academic year 2013/2014 is 1.97 (One point ninety seven) which qualified high. Based on that, it can be concluded that the use of riddle in teaching vocabulary can increase students ’ English vocabulary