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Research paper thumbnail of A Study on the Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Vocabulary

This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared The Conventional Method... more This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared The Conventional Method in Teaching Vocabulary.” The research was administered to answer the question “Is crossword puzzle as compared to other methods effective in improving student vocabulary achievement?” The data were collected through pretest and posttest, administered to 35 student and the data was analyzed by using T-test. The participants of this study were the grade five elementary pupils of kartika elementary school. in section 5A there were 34 pupils who were taught using conventional method and section 5B there were 35 pupils who were taught using crossword puzzle method. The age of the participants were between 11-15 years old. From the computation of the pretest and posttest, the result mean of pretest control group=51.17, the result mean of pretest experimental group=55.14. and the mean posttest control group= 56.61,the mean posttest experiment group= 63.42. The result shows that t counted =2.10...

Research paper thumbnail of A Study on the Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Narrative Writing

This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Metho... more This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Narrative Writing.” The purpose of this paper is to know whether or not there is a significant improvement in the students’ narrative writing after using the animation movie. The participants involved in this study were 60 pupils in tenth grade senior high school of SMAN 1 Parongpong, Bandung. Section C composed of 28 pupils, while the section D composed of 32 pupils. Section C was taught using conventional method while section D was taught using animation movie. This study involved four activities: pilot test, pretest, the implementation of experimental group and control group, and the posttest. The participants were asked to answer the questions given in the pretest and posttest. The data obtained were as follows: 􀜰􀬵= 28, 􀜰􀬶=32, α = 0.05, the mean of pretest of experimental group was 53.25 while the mean of pretest for control group was 54.57. After the treatment, the mea...

Research paper thumbnail of Question and Answer Relationship and Reading Comprehension Development Among the Sophomore Nursing Students

The research was administrated to answer the question “is there any significance improvement afte... more The research was administrated to answer the question “is there any significance improvement after they used the Question and Answer Relationship reading strategy?” The data were collected through pre-test and post-test, administered to 29 students and the data was analyzed by using T-test. From the computation of the pre-test and post-test, the result showed that the participants’ comprehension achievement was improved through QAR strategy and the score gained by the participants showed that there was a significant effect of QAR strategy. It is strong enough to improve the students’ reading comprehension. The achievements showed that mean difference between pre-test and post-test is 8.7. The t counted = 6.37 > t table = with significance level in 0.00. Standard error mean of the pre-test is 1.15446 and post-test is 0.77600. The researcher hopes that the finding of present study could give some contribution to the improvement on the teaching reading especially for the faculty of...

Research paper thumbnail of A Comparative Study Between Nursery Rhymes and Letterland to Enhance Junior High School Students’ Vocabulary Ability

The purpose of this study was to determine “Is there any significant difference in enhancing voca... more The purpose of this study was to determine “Is there any significant difference in enhancing vocabulary ability between students who are taught using Nursery Rhymes and students who are taught using Letterland”. This study used quantitative study. The participants of this study were 29 students in grade VII I and 33 students in grade VII J of SMPN 1 Cisarua, Bandung Barat. Class VII I used Nursery Rhymes method and class VII J used Letterland method with a total of 62 students. Based on the result, Nursery Rhymes method and Letterland method have different score in pre-test and post-test after both classes have been given treatments. The gain value of Nursery Rhymes method was higher than the gain value of Lettterland method. But, the result of the data showed that there is not significant difference in enhancing vocabulary ability between students who are taught using Nursery Rhymes and students who are taught using Letterland. From this data the researcher recommended to use Nur...

Research paper thumbnail of A Study on the Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Vocabulary

This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared The Conventional Method... more This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle as Compared The Conventional Method in Teaching Vocabulary.” The research was administered to answer the question “Is crossword puzzle as compared to other methods effective in improving student vocabulary achievement?” The data were collected through pretest and posttest, administered to 35 student and the data was analyzed by using T-test. The participants of this study were the grade five elementary pupils of kartika elementary school. in section 5A there were 34 pupils who were taught using conventional method and section 5B there were 35 pupils who were taught using crossword puzzle method. The age of the participants were between 11-15 years old. From the computation of the pretest and posttest, the result mean of pretest control group=51.17, the result mean of pretest experimental group=55.14. and the mean posttest control group= 56.61,the mean posttest experiment group= 63.42. The result shows that t counted =2.10...

Research paper thumbnail of A Study on the Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Narrative Writing

This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Metho... more This study is entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Animation Movie Compared to Conventional Method in Teaching Narrative Writing.” The purpose of this paper is to know whether or not there is a significant improvement in the students’ narrative writing after using the animation movie. The participants involved in this study were 60 pupils in tenth grade senior high school of SMAN 1 Parongpong, Bandung. Section C composed of 28 pupils, while the section D composed of 32 pupils. Section C was taught using conventional method while section D was taught using animation movie. This study involved four activities: pilot test, pretest, the implementation of experimental group and control group, and the posttest. The participants were asked to answer the questions given in the pretest and posttest. The data obtained were as follows: 􀜰􀬵= 28, 􀜰􀬶=32, α = 0.05, the mean of pretest of experimental group was 53.25 while the mean of pretest for control group was 54.57. After the treatment, the mea...

Research paper thumbnail of Question and Answer Relationship and Reading Comprehension Development Among the Sophomore Nursing Students

The research was administrated to answer the question “is there any significance improvement afte... more The research was administrated to answer the question “is there any significance improvement after they used the Question and Answer Relationship reading strategy?” The data were collected through pre-test and post-test, administered to 29 students and the data was analyzed by using T-test. From the computation of the pre-test and post-test, the result showed that the participants’ comprehension achievement was improved through QAR strategy and the score gained by the participants showed that there was a significant effect of QAR strategy. It is strong enough to improve the students’ reading comprehension. The achievements showed that mean difference between pre-test and post-test is 8.7. The t counted = 6.37 > t table = with significance level in 0.00. Standard error mean of the pre-test is 1.15446 and post-test is 0.77600. The researcher hopes that the finding of present study could give some contribution to the improvement on the teaching reading especially for the faculty of...

Research paper thumbnail of A Comparative Study Between Nursery Rhymes and Letterland to Enhance Junior High School Students’ Vocabulary Ability

The purpose of this study was to determine “Is there any significant difference in enhancing voca... more The purpose of this study was to determine “Is there any significant difference in enhancing vocabulary ability between students who are taught using Nursery Rhymes and students who are taught using Letterland”. This study used quantitative study. The participants of this study were 29 students in grade VII I and 33 students in grade VII J of SMPN 1 Cisarua, Bandung Barat. Class VII I used Nursery Rhymes method and class VII J used Letterland method with a total of 62 students. Based on the result, Nursery Rhymes method and Letterland method have different score in pre-test and post-test after both classes have been given treatments. The gain value of Nursery Rhymes method was higher than the gain value of Lettterland method. But, the result of the data showed that there is not significant difference in enhancing vocabulary ability between students who are taught using Nursery Rhymes and students who are taught using Letterland. From this data the researcher recommended to use Nur...