Increasing Vocabulary Mastery Through Say Structure Context Dictionary Technique

This research aimed at proving that the application of Say Structure Context Dictionary in teaching vocabulary can increase the students\u27 vocabulary. The research was an experimental research. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Binangga. The researcher took the students in class VII A and VII B by using cluster sampling tecnique. The data were collected b using pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was conducted to measure the studentsability before the treatment. Based on the result of both post, the result found t-counted is 3.56 by applying 2000 level of significance with df Nx+Ny=21+21=42-2=40 degree of freedom (df), the reseacher found that t-table was 2.001. It showed that the t-counted value was higher than t-table. It means that the hypothesis of the reseach is accepted. In the word, the application of Say Structure Context Dictionary in teaching vocabulary effectively increased the ability of vocabulary to the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Binangga