The Effectiveness Of Word Jigsaw Strategy On Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Of Descriptive Text
Keywords:
Word Jigsaw Strategy, Vocabulary Mastery, Descriptive TextAbstract
The aim of the present study was to find out the empirical evidence whether Word Jigsaw
Strategy on students’ vocabulary achievement of descriptive text was effective to be used in
teaching vocabulary at the eighth grade of SMPN 5 Dompu. This present study was
quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design. The sample of this study consisted of 25 students from VIII-3 class for Experimental Group and 25 students from VIII-4 in the
controlled group. This present study, for the experimental class was taught by using Word
Jigsaw as strategy in teaching Vocabulary Mastery, while controlled class was taught
without Word Jigsaw. The research instrument was test that consisted of pre-test and posttest form. The technique used in collecting data was quantitative with t-test. The result of ttest (post-test) showed that the mean score of experimental group (M = 72,80) was higher than control group (M = 57,60), and independent-samples t-test which values of the sig 2- tailed was 0,2% or 0,002 and 0,002 < 0,05. Thus, it was concluded that Word Jigsaw Strategy was effective on students’ vocabulary mastery of descriptive text.
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