THE EFFECT OF WORD SEARCH PUZZLE GAME IN TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE FIRST GRADESTUDENTS OF SMPN 3 PROPPO

This study tries to answer a reseach question: Is there any significant effect of Word
Search Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary to the first grade students of SMPN 3 Proppo. ..... The
population is all of students at the first grade of SMPN 3 Proppo. The sample is also the first grade
student, and there were 29 students of the class. This research uses quantitative approach, while
the research design used pre-experimental. The instruments were test and documentation, while
test is used to measure students vocabulary. The result of this research is there was significance
effect of Word Search Puzzle Game in teaching vocabulary to the first grade student of SMPN 3
Proppo because the t-calculated was higher than t-critical in significance alpha 5% The score of t�calculated in this research was 2,05 and the score of t-critical was 10.865 in level significance 5%
with degree of freedom 28 ( 10.865>2,05 ). From these results, it is suggested to the English
teachers to use an appropriate technique in teaching English especially in teaching vocabulary, in
this case using Word Search Puzzle Game since Word Search Puzzle Game was gave positive
effect in teaching vocabulary. It is also expected for further researchers to continue this research
on the other vocabulary items.