The Effectiveness of Storytelling on Students' Vocabulary of Describing Things Around Us (A Quasi-Experimental Study at the Seventh Grade Students of SMP PGRI 1 Ciputat at the Academic Year 2017/2018)

The objective of this study is to obtain empirical evidence about the effectiveness of using storytelling on students? vocabulary of describing things around us.The method of this research was quasi-experimental study. The subject of this research was the Seventh Grade (VII.7 and VII.8) of SMP PGRI 1 Ciputat at Academic Year 2017/2018 with total number of students 50. The research instruments was test that consisted of pre-test and post-test form. Based on the calculation of the t-test that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted as formulated if to > tt. Based on the calculation, the result of to was higher than tt, which was 2.877 > 2.021 with the effect of significant was moderate. Therefore, Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. Thus, there is a significant difference between the students? score in students? Vocabulary test used storytelling and the students? score in Vocabulary test without using storytelling at the Seventh-grade students of SMP PGRI 1 Ciputat. It means students? who learn vocabulary using storytelling had a significant effectiveness on vocabulary compared to those who did not learn vocabulary by using storytelling. According to the study, there is a significant effect of using storytelling on students? Vocabulary of describing things around us