Arum Trisnawati. 2017. The Effectiveness of Using Games in Teaching Vocabulary for Young
Learners. Thesis. English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers
Training. Advisors: (1) Drs. H. Ahdi Makmur, M.Ag., Ph.D (2) Afifah Linda Sari, S.S.,
M.Pd
Keywords: Effectiveness, Games, Teaching Vocabulary and Young Learners.
Vocabulary is the first stage in any language learning. Without vocabulary, people cannot
communicate effectively. Some students have difficulties to memorize new vocabulary.
Therefore, the researcher is interested to know the students’ score of using games in teaching
vocabulary for young learners at SDN Kebun Raya 1 Kintap.
The problem statements of this research are: (1) Is there any significant different in score
between students’ mastery of English vocabulary in control class and experiment class?.
The research design in conducting the research, the researcher uses quantitative method,
basically on experimental research. The primary data will be collected by conducting test (pre
and post test).
The Population and sample of the research are students class V A and V B of SDN
Kebun Raya 1 Kintap academic year 2016/2017 with the total number is 42 students. To collect
the data, the researcher used the techniques of observation, test and documentary. Data
processing in this research was divided into five phases: editing, coding, scoring, tabulating and
data interpretation. Then, all the data are analyzed quantitatively.
The result of this research states that the students’ vocabulary achievement in control
class is 70,62 and in experiment class is 88,098. In addition, there is a significant difference
score between control class that taught without using games and experiment class that taught by
using games. Therefore, using games in teaching vocabulary at SDN Kebun Raya 1 Kintap is
effective and the hypothesis (Ha) is accepted because the students’ t test (to) = 4,56 is higher
than t table (tt) 5% = 2,02 and 1% = 2,71.