IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MAN PALOPO THROUGH MNEMONIC TECHNIQUE

ABSTRACT Mirdayanti, 2013 “Improving Students’ Vocabulary at the Eleventh Year Students of MAN Palopo through Mnemonic Technique”. Thesis of English Study Program of Education Department in Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Palopo, Concultant Madehang,S.Ag.,M.Pd. and Wahibah,S.Ag.,Hum. Key words: Improving Students’ Vocabulary, Mnemonic Technique, MAN Palopo This thesis deals with improving students’ vocabulary at the eleventh year students of MAN Palopo through Mnemonic technique, the problem statement of this thesis are: Is Mnemonic technique effective to improve students vocabulary at the eleventh year senior high school of MAN Palopo and how is the students’ response toward Mnemonic technique. The objective of the research was to know effectiveness of mnemonic technique in teaching vocabulary. The research applied experimental technique, and focused on the eleventh IPS1 year students of Senior high School of MAN Palopo academic year 2013/2014. The population was 120 students from one class. The research used porpusive sampling technique, where the research took 22 students as sample in this research. The research collected data by using test. The test functioned to determine the improvement of the students’ vocabulary after teaching by applying Mnemonic technique. This research consisted of two variables, namely dependent variable and independent variable. Dependent variable is the students’ vocabulary at the eleventh year students of senior high school of MAN Palopo, and Independent variable is teaching vocabulary through Mnemonic technique. The result of test analysis that Mnemonic technique is effective in improving students’ vocabulary because ttest is bigger than ttable, the tcount = 10,65≥ 2,831 with df 21. and the questionnaire shows that the students have positive response in learning vocabulary by using mnemonic technique at the eleventh year students of MAN Palopo