Improving The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Through Keyword Method At Eighth Grade Students Of SMP Negeri 1 Kutacane

This study was conducted to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery through keyword method. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subjects of this study were 32 students and collaborator at the VIII Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Kutacane Aceh Tenggara in the academic year 2019/2020. The technique of analyzing data of this study was applied by usingBurns (assembling data, coding data, comparing data, building interpretation, reporting outcomes). The qualitative data were taken from interview, diary notes, observation sheet, and documentation. The quantitative data were taken from the test. The result of the analysis showed that mean of the pre-test was 62.81. In the post-test I is 71.40 and post-test II is 80.62. It indicated that the implementation of Keyword Method can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. It’s strengthened by the result of observation showed that most of the students in teaching learning process were active and serious in joining the lesson. They are active in discussing and understanding of the text