Increasing Vocabulary Mastery Of The Seventh Grade Students Through Guessing Pictures Game

The objective of this research was to increase the students\u27 vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Palu through guessing pictures game. This research used pre-experimental research design. The population was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Palu and the sample was the seventh grade students, consisting 26 students. The data were collected through observation and tests: pre test and post test. The observation was conducted to see the process of teaching and learning in the classroom while the pre test and post test were used to find out the improvement of students\u27 vocabulary before and after the treatment. Based on the result of pre test and post test, the research found that the t-counted was 25.2. By applying 0.05 level of significance and the 26-1=25 degree of freedom, it is found that t-table was 1.708. It shows that t-counted was higher than the t-table. In the other words, guessing pictures game is effective in increasing the students vocabulary mastery