THE USE OF WORD WALL MEDIA IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF MTS PESANTREN PUTRI NURUL JADID BUA

ABSTRACT St. Aisyah, 2019, The Use of Word Wall Media in Teaching Vocabulary at the Seventh Grade of MTS Pesantren Putri Nurul Jadid Bua.. Thesis., English Study Program.Tarbiyah and Teachers Training Faculty, State Islamic Institute of Palopo. Advised by Amalia Yahya, SE., M.Hum and Muh. Irfan Hasanuddin, S.Ag., M.A. Keywords: Word Wall Media, Vocabulary, MTS Pesantren Putri Nurul Jadid This research was conducted to improve students‟ vocabulary by using word wall media at the seventh Grade of MTS Pesantren Putri Nurul Jadid. The problem statement of this research was “Does the use of word wall media improve students‟ vocabulary of the seventh grade students of MTS Pesantren Putri Nurul Jadid?”. The objective of the research was to find out whether or not the use of word wall media improve students‟ vocabulary of the Seventh grade of MTS Pesantren Putri Nurul Jadid. The research applied pre-experimental method. The subject of the research was the seventh class that consisted of 18 students. The research used purposive sampling technique. The instrument of the research was vocabulary test. The data collected through giving pretest, treatment, and posttest. After collecting the data the researcher analyzed the data by using SPSS 20 to computed the paired sample t-test. The result of this research showed that word wall media can improve students‟ vocabulary. It can be seen from the mean score of the students‟ posttest (91,83), which is greater than the mean score of the students‟ pretest (51,78). The result can be seen from sig. (2-tailed) is 0.00. It is lower than α = 0.05 and it means that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It indicated that the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. By using word wall media the students were easy to memorized the vocabulary. Word wall media also made students more active and creative in learning process. Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that the word wall media can improve students‟ vocabulary