ENRICHING VOCABULARY THROUGH MEDIA FLASH CARD AT THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 8 PALOPO

ABSTRACT Sahariah, 2010. “Enriching Vocabulary through Flash Card At The Eighth Year Students Of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo”. Thesis, English Study Program of Education Department of Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Palopo. Consultant I, Masruddin, S.S., M.Hum.., and Consultant II, Amalia Yahya, SE., M. Hum. Key Words: Enriching, Flash card, Students’ Vocabulary, SMP Negeri 8 Palopo. This thesis studies on the development of students’ vocabulary at SMP Negeri 8 Palopo through Flash Card method. This thesis focused on two research questions; to what extend the flash card improve the students’ vocabulary at the Eighth Year Students of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo and how are the students’ perception toward the technique used by the researcher? This research applied pre-experimental research with one group of pre-test and post-test design. This research was undertaken at eight year students of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo in 2010/2011 academic year. The numbers of populations were 120 students and the researcher took 25 students as samples using the random sampling technique. The researcher used observation checklist, and questionnaires as instruments of the data collection. The result of this research shows that there were significant developments on students’ vocabulary at eighth year’s students of SMP Negeri 8 Palopo after conducting the treatments by using Flash card media. The result of the data analysis is acceptability because t value is bigger than t table, with df 24 and standard significant 5% =2,06 and 1% = 2,80 (2,06 ≤ 13,3985765≥ 2,80)