A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CROSSWORD PUZZLE AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY

Abstract

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
=2.106>t table = 1,684. There is significant different crossword puzzle method effective to
improve vocabulary skills.
The researcher hopes that the finding of present crossword puzzle method could give some
contribution to the improvement vocabulary especially for the students of Kartika X-3,
Parompong, Bandung.