IMPROVING THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH INTENSIVE READING

Tujuan penilitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan penguasaan kosa kata siswa setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik intensive reading. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan dilaksanakan di kelas X3 yang berjumlah 24 orang. Peneliti menggunakan tes kosa kata untuk mengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan penguasaan kosa kata sisiwa setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik intensive reading. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dari adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata siswa dari pretes ke postes yaitu 64.29 ke 72.54, dengan nilai t-table 2.068 dan t-value 4.456. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan jika teknik intensive readingdapat meningkatkan kosa kata siswa.The aim of this research was to find out whether there was a significant improvement of the students vocabulary achievement after they were taught by using Intensive Reading. This research used quantitative approach and was conducted to 24 students in class X3. The researcher administered vocabulary test in collecting the data. The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in students vocabulary achievement after they were taught by using intensive reading. It could be proven from the improvement of students mean score from pretest to posttest, which was 64.29 to 72.54, with t-table was 2.068 and the t-value was 4.456. In short, intensive reading can improve students vocabulary achievement.Keywords: improving, intensive reading, vocabulary achievemen