DEVELOPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MAN PALOPO THROUGH CARD GUESSING GAME

ABSTRACT MULIANA Writer, 2013. Developing English Vocabulary at The Eleventh Year Students of MAN Palopo through Card Guessing Game. Thesis, English Study Program of Tarbiyah Department of State College for Islamic Studies (STAIN) Palopo. Supervised by Madehang, S.Ag., M.Pd. and Wahibah, S.Ag., M.Hum. Key word: Developing Vocabulary, Card Guessing Game This thesis is about developing English Vocabulary at the Eleventh Year Students of MAN Palopo through Card Guessing Game, The problem statements of this thesis: 1. Is Card Guessing Game effective in developing students’ English vocabulary at the eleventh year students of MAN Palopo? 2. How are the students responses about the use Card Guessing Game at the eleventh year students of MAN Palopo?. The research applied experimental technique. The population of this research was the Eleventh year students of MAN Palopo, consisted of 120 students. In this research the researcher used purposive sampling technique, where the reseacher took 18 students as sample in this research. Since the researcher know that IPA2 has low ability in vocabulary. The researcher collected data by using vocabulary test. The students were asked to translate the words. The test aimed to determine the development of the students’ vocabulary after they were taught through card guessing game. Having analyzed the data, it was founding out that the students vocabulary developed through card guessing game at the Eleventh year students of MAN Palopo. There was significant difference between the result of pre-test and post-test, which was post-test was higher than pre-test, the mean score of pre-test was 4,3 and post�test was 7,1. From t-test value was 7 was greater than t-table was 2,110 or 7 > 2,110. It means that the students’ vocabulary was improved through the use of card guessing game at the eleventh year students of MAN Palopo in 2013/2014 academic year