Teaching vocabulary by using word baseball graphic organizer to the eleventh graders of senior high school

• Main Authors: Dian Nirwana, Sri Wahyuni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2017-12-01
• Series: ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
• Subjects: word baseball graphic organizer; vocabulary; quasi-experimental study
• Online Access: https://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/elt/article/view/20452

This paper is based on a research which examined the eleventh graders’ achievement in vocabulary mastery. The study aimed to find out the significant difference of students’ vocabulary achievement between the students who were taught by using word baseballgraphic organizer and those who were not and to investigate the effectiveness of using word baseball graphic organizer to teach vocabulary. The study adopted quasi-experimentalnon-equivalent control group design. The data were gained through pre-test andpost-test scores and participants’ responses of the questionnaire. The results of the study showed that the mean score of the pre-test in the experimental group was 74.35,while in the control group was 74.62. In the post-test, the mean score of the experimental group was 83.09,and the control group was 79.29. The result of post-test increased. In addition, the t-test result was 1.990,and t-table was 1.787. It can be clearly seen that tvalueis higher than ttable. It means that the hypothesis of H1was accepted and H0was refused. According to the proven hypotheses, Ican conclude that teaching vocabulary using word baseball graphic organizer was proven to be effective for the eleventh grade students of senior high school.