SPELLING BEE GAME AS A TECHNIQUE

IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FOURTH GRADERS

OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

By

NAVINDRI DWI OVANINGTYAS

201232030

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2016

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SPELLING BEE GAME AS A TECHNIQUE

IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FOURTH GRADERS

OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

In Partial of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program

in Departement of English Education

By

NAVINDRI DWI OVANINGTYAS

NIM 201232030

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2016

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Motto:

Health is the most precious grace given by Allah.

Always be yourself no matter what they say and never be anyone else even if

they look better than you.

Do the best and pray. Allah will take care of the rest.

DEDICATION

The writer dedication this Skripsi to:

Her beloved Mother (Saodah) and Father (Alm.

Kasmun).

Her beloved Old sister (Meiliana), Brother in law

(Bambang), Young brother (Okky) and Nephew

(Virendra).

Her beloved friends (Iffah, Suci, Tiyan, Rudi,

Nabila, Ulum, Ika, Nugroho, Wahab) who always

support her and all of the writer friends in

Departement of English Education UMK.

All of the lecturers in UMK for all their knowledge

and supports.

Somebody who taught her what life is supposed to

be.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. There will never be another greatest thank

except to Allah SWT for blessing and guidance, so the writer can finish her

skripsi entitled “Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching English

Vocabulary to the Fourth Graders of Elementary School”.

This skripsi wou;d never be completed without assistance of others.

Therefore, the writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to:

1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty of Muria Kudus Univesity.

2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the Head of English Education Departement.

3. Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd, as the first advisor who was giving in

valuable guidance, showing the appropriate references and helping her in all

of the difficulties. Moreover, for her kindness and helpfulness corrections to

this final project until its completion.

4. Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum, as the second advisor who has read this final

project carefully and given many useful seggestions and also corrections for

its improvement.

5. All of lecturers and staff of English Education Department Teacher Training

and Education Faculty.

6. Trisno Budi Miyarno, S.Pd, as the Head Master of SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara

who has given the opportunity to do her research.

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7. Naillurrohmah Mardiyanti, S.Pd, as the English Teacher of SDN 3

Bandengan Jepara who gave her time in helping this research.

8. The fourth graders of SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara in academic year of

2015/2016 for their corporation.

9. Her beloved parents, old sister, brother in law, young brother, nephew and

boyfriend, for their love, pray, support and do the best for her.

10. Her close friends; Iffah Ch. Faridj, Suci Kurniawati, Siti Fatimah

Tastaftiyan who always support her and all of the writer friend in

Departement of English Education UMK.

The writer do expects that this research will be useful for those, especially

who are in the field of education.

Kudus, June 2016

Navindri Dwi Ovaningtyas

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ABSTRACT

Ovaningtyas, Navindri Dwi. 2016. Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching

English Vocabulary to the Fourth Graders of Elementary School.

Skripsi.English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education

Faculty, Muria Kudus University.Advisors (I) Dra. Sri Endang

Kusmaryati, M.Pd. (II) Fajar Kartika,SS, M.Hum.

Keyword: Spelling Bee Game as a Technique to Teach Vocabulary

One of the parts in creating and understanding English is vocabulary

mastery. It is basic components of English language which must be mastered by

students in order to make them be able in practicing and applying English.

Without mastering vocabulary people cannot express their opinion and ideas. In

fact, when the writer observed, the writer found that some of the students at SDN

3 Bandengan Jepara were not good at vocabulary and also the student’s did not

understand the content when the teacher speaks. The technique used by the

teacher that is drilling. It is the reason, why the writer used Game as a technique.

This Game is called Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee is a kind of competition where the

competitors have to compete to spell words given correctly. In this research,

Spelling Bee Game is an activity played by individual or team students to spell the

word on picture. Spelling Bee Game is a game that combines “spelling bee”

competition with the use of picture as media and jumbled words. Spelling Bee

Game helps students review the vocabulary, spell the vocabulary and the meaning

vocabulary. So the students enable to find or to enrich the vocabulary.

The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is any significant

difference between the vocabulary mastery of fourth graders of elementary school

before and after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game technique.

This research is an experimental research that is quasi experiment

research. Subject of the research used is the fourth graders at SDN 3 Bandengan

Jepara in the academic year of 2015/2016. The subject of this research contains 27

students; 14 males and 13 females. The writer used a test as instrument of the

research. The form of the test is multiple-choice questions (MCQs), fill in the

blank and matching. It consists of 30 questions.

The result of this research shows that there is any significant difference

between the vocabulary mastery of fourth graders of elementary school before and

after being taught by using Spelling Bee Game technique.

After knowing the result of this research that the Vocabulary mastery of

the fourth graders of elementary school after being taught by using Spelling Bee

Game technique is higher than before being taught by using Spelling Bee Game

technique. Thus, the writer suggests that the teacher should be able to create in

teaching learning process more interesting, innovative, and enjoyable. The teacher

can use Spelling Bee Game in teaching vocabulary mastery.

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ABSTRAK

Ovaningtyas, Navindri Dwi. 2016. Permainan Spelling Bee sebagai Teknik

dalam Pengajaran Kosakata Bahasa Inggris siswa kelas IV Sekolah

Dasar. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas

Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing (I)

Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. (II) Fajar Kartika,SS, M.Hum.

Kata Kunci: Permainan Spelling Bee sebagai Teknik untuk Mengajar Kosakata

Salah satu bagian dalam menciptakan dan memahami bahasa Inggris

adalah kemampuan kosakata. Ini adalah komponen dasar dari bahasa Inggris yang

harus dikuasai oleh siswa agar mereka dapat berlatih dan menerapkan bahasa

Inggris. Tanpa menguasai kosa kata orang tidak dapat mengungkapkan pendapat

dan ide-ide mereka. Bahkan, ketika penulis mengamati, penulis menemukan

beberapa siswa di SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara yang kurang baik dalam kosakata dan

siswa juga kurang paham ketika guru berbicara. Teknik yang digunakan oleh guru

yaitu teknik drilling. Ini adalah alasan, mengapa penulis menggunakan permainan

sebagai teknik. Permainan ini disebut Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee adalah semacam

kompetisi di mana pesaing harus bersaing untuk mengeja kata-kata yang diberikan

dengan benar. Dalam penelitian ini, permainan Spelling Bee adalah kegiatan yang

dimainkan oleh siswa baik individu atau tim untuk mengeja kata sesuai gambar.

Permainan Spelling Bee adalah permainan yang menggabungkan kompetisi

"spelling bee" dengan penggunaan gambar sebagai media dan kata-kata acak.

Permainan Spelling Bee membantu siswa meninjau kosakata, mengeja kosakata

dan makna kosakata. Sehingga siswa memungkinkan untuk menemukan atau

untuk memperkaya kosa kata.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan

yang signifikan antara penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas IV sekolah dasar sebelum

dan setelah diajar dengan menggunakan teknik Permainan Spelling Bee .

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimental yaitu penelitian

eksperimen kuasi . Subjek penelitian yang digunakan adalah siswa kelas empat di

SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara Tahun Ajaran 2015/2016 . Subjek penelitian ini berisi

27 siswa ; 14 laki-laki dan 13 perempuan . Penulis menggunakan tes sebagai

instrumen penelitian . Bentuk tes ini adalah pilihan ganda ( MCQs ) , mengisi

kosong dan pencocokan . Ini terdiri dari 30 soal.

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan

antara penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas IV sekolah dasar diajarkan sebelum dan

setelah menggunakan teknik permainan Spelling Bee.

Setelah mengetahui hasil penelitian ini bahwa penguasaan kosa kata dari

siswa kelas empat sekolah dasar setelah diajar dengan menggunakan teknik

permainan Spelling Bee lebih tinggi daripada sebelum menggunakan teknik

permainan Spelling Bee. Dengan demikian, penulis menyarankan bahwa guru

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harus menciptakan suasana mengajar yang lebih menarik, inofatif, dan

menyenangkan dalam proses pembelajaran. Guru dapat menggunakan permainan

Spelling Bee dalam pengajaran kemampuan kosakata.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

page

COVER ......................................................................................................... i

LOGO ............................................................................................................ ii

PAGE OF TITLE ......................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .................................................................... iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .......................................................................... v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ....................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. ix

ABSTRAK .................................................................................................... xi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. xii

LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................... xv

LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................... xvi

LIST OF APPENDICES.............................................................................. xvii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION.................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of the Research .......................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem............................................................................... 5

1.3 Objective of the Research .............................................................................. 5

1.4 Significance of the Research ......................................................................... 5

1.5 Scope of the Research .................................................................................... 6

1.6 Operational Definition ................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND

HYPOTHESIS.......................................................................... 8

2.1 Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ............................................. 8

2.1.1 Technique of Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ....................... 9

2.1.2 The Material of Teaching English at SDN 3 Bandengan Jepara ................... 9

2.2 Young Learners ........................................................................................... 10

2.3 English Vocabulary as a Component of Language Learning ...................... 11

2.4 Teaching English Vocabulary to Young Learners....................................... 13

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2.5 Spelling Bee Game as a Technique of Teaching ......................................... 16

2.6 The Use of Spelling Bee Game as a Technique in Teaching English

Vocabulary ................................................................................................... 20

2.7 Review of Previous Researches ................................................................... 24

2.8 Theoretical Framework ................................................................................ 25

2.9 Hypothesis ................................................................................................... 26

CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH.................................................. 27

3.1 Design of the Research ................................................................................ 27

3.2 Subject of the Research ............................................................................... 29

3.3 Instrument of the Research .......................................................................... 29

3.4 Data Collection ............................................................................................ 32

3.5 Data Analysis ............................................................................................... 33

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING.......................................................... 37

4.1 Research Finding ......................................................................................... 37

4.1.1 The Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School before

being taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique. ................................ 37

4.1.2 The Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary School after

being taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique. ................................ 40

4.2 Hypothesis Testing ...................................................................................... 42

4.2.1 The Significant Difference of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of

Elementary School before and after being taught by using Spelling Bee

Game Technique. ......................................................................................... 43

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION.......................................................................... 45

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION.................................. 48

6.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 48

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6.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................... 49

REFERENCES ..................................................................................................52

APPENDICES .................................................................................................... 55

STATEMENT.................................................................................................... 108

CURRICULUM VITAE .................................................................................. 113

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

3.1 Table of Criteria of Vocabulary’s Score ............................................ 31

3.2 Table of Criteria of Reliability Test ................................................... 33

4.1 The Score of the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders

of Elementary School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee

Game Technique ................................................................................ 39

4.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth

Graders of Elementary School Before being Taught by using

Spelling Bee Game Technique ........................................................... 39

4.3 The Score of the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders

of Elementary School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee

Game Technique ................................................................................ 41

4.4 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth

Graders of Elementary School After being Taught by using

Spelling Bee Game Technique. .......................................................... 42

4.5 The Summary of T-test Result of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth

Graders of Elementary School Before and After being Taught by

using Spelling Bee Game Technique ................................................. 45

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figures Page

3.1 Figure 3.1 Figures of group pre-test and post-test Ali ....................... 28

4.1 The Bar Diagram of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of

Elementary School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee

Game Technique ................................................................................ 40

4.2 The Bar Diagram of the Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of

Elementary School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee

Game Technique .................................................................................. 43

4.3 The Curve of t-test result for the Fourth Graders of Elementary

School Before and After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game

Technique ........................................................................................... 46

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. Syllabus ............................................................................................ 55

2. Lesson Plan 1 ................................................................................... 61

3. Lesson Plan 2 ................................................................................... 68

4. Lesson Plan 3 ................................................................................... 75

5. Lesson Plan 4 ................................................................................... 82

6. The test of Vocabulary Mastery ....................................................... 89

7. The Table of Specification of test of the Vocabulary Mastery of

the Fourth Graders of Elementary School ....................................... 94

8. The Score of Try Out of the Fourth Graders of Elementary

School .............................................................................................. 96

9. The Tabulation of Try Out Test ....................................................... 97

10. The Reliability of the Test Items for Try Out Test for Measuring

the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fourth Graders of Elementary

School ................................................................................................ 98

11. The list of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary

School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game

Technique……… ..................................................................................99

12. The list of Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary

School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game

Technique ........................................................................................... 100

13. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Post-Test

Measuring Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary

School Before being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game

Technique ......................................................................................... 101

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14. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Post-Test

Measuring Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of Elementary

School After being Taught by using Spelling Bee Game

Technique ......................................................................................... 103

15. The Calculation to Find Out T-test of Vocabulary Mastery of

Fourth Graders of Elementary School Before and After being

Taught by using Spelling Bee Game Technique .............................. 105

16. Computing T-test Vocabulary Mastery of Fourth Graders of

Elementary School Before and After being Taught by using

Spelling Bee Game Technique......................................................... 106

17. T-Table ............................................................................................. 107