Improving the Students’ Vocabulary through Outdoor Experiential Method

Usman, Muhammad Yasyri (2019) Improving the Students’ Vocabulary through Outdoor Experiential Method. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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ABSTRACT This research aimed to find out whether or not the use of outdoor experiential method can improve students’ vocabulary mastery, whether or not the students are interested in learning vocabulary through outdoor experiential method, and the correlation between the students’ interest in learning through outdoor activity and their vocabulary mastery. To address the objectives, this study was conducted by using quantitative method, particularly in the form of quasi-experimental design. This research was executed at SMPN Satap 3 Cina, in March 2018 that involved thirty second-grade students from Class VIII A as the experimental group and thirty second-grade students from Class VIII B as the control group. To collect data about the improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery, the researcher conducted vocabulary test for pretest and posttest, and to collect data about students’ interest in outdoor experiential method, the researcher distributed questionnaire. There are three findings of this research: 1) Outdoor Experiential Method was effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery, 2) the students were interested in using Outdoor Experiential Method for learning vocabulary, and 3) there was positive correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their interest in Outdoor Experiential Method. Keywords: English Language Teaching, Vocabulary Mastery, Outdoor Experiential Method

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: PASCASARJANA
Divisions: PROGRAM PASCASARJANA
Depositing User: UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2019 01:09
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2019 01:09
URI: http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/15192

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