The Use ff Scramble Method to Improve Students’ Vocabulary at The VIII Grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan

Vocabulary is one of the important elements in processing a language. Vocabulary is very influential for the ability of students in English. Students can understand oral texts or ideas conveyed by the interlocutor such as audio visual with words, so that students can arrange words together to create an interaction.

This thesis deals with The Use of Scramble Method to Improve Students’ Vocabulary at The VIII Grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan. The problem statement of this research was, “Can the use of scramble method improve students’ vocabulary at the VIII grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan?”. The aim of this research was to examine whether or not the use of scramble method can improve students’ vocabulary.

The approach used in this research was quantitative approach. The type of this research was true-experimental as a research design which has two classes pretest and posttest, namely control class and experimental class. The sample of this research was 20 students of VIII grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan, 10 students of class VIIIA and 10 students of class VIIIB. The instrument used in this research was a test (Pretest and posttest).

Technique of data analysis used was descriptive analysis, t-test and Hypothesis testing. Control class got the average pretest score of 49.1, and the average score of respondents for posttest consist of 75.7. Then experimental class got the average pretest score of 53,3, and the average postest score of 83,8. From these results, it was found that there was a significant difference in student scores between the two classes, where the control class was taught using the general method, while the experimental class was taught using the scramble method. The result showed that the t-count value is 2,106 > 2,093, so it can be concluded that H0: The use of scramble methods cannot significantly improve students’ vocabulary at the VIII grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan is rejected, and H1: The use of scramble method can significantly improve students’ vocabulary at the VIII grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan is accepted.
This means that the use of scramble method could improve students’ vocabulary on the learning process at the VII grade of MTs Nahdlatul Khairaat Labuan. It is hoped that the others researchers can solve problems in their research using similar methods. This research is also expected to be one of the sources for further research. Students are expected to be able to instill self-awareness to be more enthusiastic in learning, so as to improve the abilities and achievements that exist within themselves.