The Implementation of Teaching Vocabulary through Crossword Puzzle at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji in Academic Year 2020/2021

Mochammad, Sibaweh (2021) The Implementation of Teaching Vocabulary through Crossword Puzzle at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji in Academic Year 2020/2021. Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training English Education Department.

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Mochammad Sibaweh, 2021: The Implementation of Teaching Vocabulary through Crossword Puzzle at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji in Academic Year 2020/2021 Keyword: Teaching Vocabulary, Crossword Puzzle This research is about the implementation of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle. It is recognized that vocabulary is the foundation for students in learning English. Thus, teaching vocabulary by using appropriate method is needed. Crossword puzzle has been implemented to teach vocabulary mastery in SMPN 02 Rambipuji and it proved success in teaching vocabulary mastery. This research set this topic and this subject with the research questions; 1) what are the goals of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle? 2) What is material used in teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle? 3) How is the procedure of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle? 4) How is the evaluation of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle? This research employed qualitative as the method of the research. It was conducted in SMPN 2 Rambipuji at the eighth grade D class. The data were gathered by observation, interview and document review. Source and technique triangulation were used to validate the data. The result of this research showed that; 1) The goals of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle at the eighth grade students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji were building students‟ enthusiasm in learning vocabulary, giving opportunity to students to master their vocabulary as like they are able to practice and repeat the sentence pattern and vocabulary, helping the students to understand and remember the vocabulary in the material that has been learned easily. 2) The material in teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle at the eighth grade students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji was about the first form of a verb. The teacher used a clue sentence completion that was taken from the Google and the book “When English Rings a Bell”. 3) The procedure of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle at the eighth grade students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji was easy to be followed by the teacher and students. There are no serious problems faced by them. While, the procedures consisted of three steps namely, Pre-activity, the teacher set the preparation of teaching and explained the material. While-activity, the teacher tells about the crossword puzzle that would be used to teach the first form of a verb. Post-activity, the students are asked giving conclusion about the material given. 4) The evaluation of teaching vocabulary through crossword puzzle at the eighth grade students of SMPN 02 Rambipuji was the teacher assessed the students with formative assessments that were giving feedback and correction to the students and asked the students to conclude the material that had been learned.

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