The Effectiveness of Teaching Vocabulary Using Hyponymy Games at the Seventh-Grade students’ of SMPN 1 Dampelas

The researcher used quasi experimental research design which involves two classes of students; experimental class and control class. The sample of this research was the seventh-grade students of SMPN 1 Dampelas that consisted of 41 students, 21 students of VII A as experimental class and 20 students of VII B as control class. The instruments of data collection were pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was used to measure the prior vocabulary mastery of the students and the post-test was used to measure the development of the students’ vocabulary mastery after the treatment. The test was used to compare the mean scores of both classes. In this research, the researcher analyzed the data by used manual statistical calculations. The researcher analyzed the data statistically. In analyzing the data, the researcher used a 0.05 level of significance and the degree of freedom ( (df)= Nx + Ny = 21 + 21 – 2 = 40).