Improving students’ vocabulary mastery by using word square technique at grade VII SMP Negeri I Batang Angkola

This thesis was about theImproving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery by Using Word Square technique at Grade VII SMP Negeri I BatangAngkola.Most of students felt bored in studying English vocabulary by conventional technique that was given by their English teacher, it was by opening the dictionary technique. It made them tired and lazy to English study.The aim of this research is: To find whether word square technique could improve students’ vocabulary masteryat grade VII SMP Negeri I BatangAngkola. To solve the problem, the researcher conducted classroom action research, by implementing the Kemmis design. The researcher applied fourth tests and two cycles and four steps in this research. They are planning action, action, observation and reflection. The participant of this research was one class consisted of 28 students and their English teacher. The researcher used vocabulary tests as the instruments for collecting the data, observation sheet and interview. Based on the research result, showed that the students’ vocabulary mastery, mean score of the students’ vocabulary masteryin the first cycle was 58.39 and 71.60. Then, the second cycle was 75.89 and 85.71. Therefore, the mean score in the second cycle was higher than the first cycle. In the first cycle was categorized into enough category and the second cycle was categorized into very good category. The data from observation sheet indicated that the students got improvement. It indicated that the application of word square technique improved students’ vocabulary mastery. Based on the hypothesis of the research word square technique could improve students’ vocabulary mastery at SMP N I BatangAngkola