THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAPPING WORD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT THE TENTH GRADE OF STUDENTS OF SMK HASSANNUDIN PARE

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of mapping word as a strategy in teaching vocabulary for the tenth grade students of SMK Hassanuddin Pare. By conducting a quasi-experimental investigation, two out of three existing classes at computer technique class of SMK Hassanuddin Pare in the academic year 2013/2014 were selected by a lottery to experimental and control group. For analyzing the data, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were utilized by using students’ pre-test score as the covariate variable. The result finding revealed that there is a significant difference on the students’ means score between the experimental and the control groups as evidenced by F(1, 37) = 13.930, p (.001 ) < a (.05). Since the experimental group has the higher means score than the control group; it can be inferred that students who are taught using mapping word have better vocabulary mastery than those taught using non-mapping word. Thus, it can be concluded that using mapping word to teach vocabulary at SMK HASSANUDIN Pare is better than using conventional method.