The Effectiveness of Make a Match Technique in Teaching Vocabulary

Abstract

Make a match is a technique for teaching vocabulary. This study aimed at finding out the effectiveness of make a match technique in teaching vocabulary at eleventh grade of SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 2 Medan. This study is experimental design. The sample was consisted of 30 students. The data collection was done by administering pre test and post test in the form of objective test. In the data analysis, Paired sample T Test was used to prove the hypothesis. Based on the data gained, it was found that the mean score of the pre test was 18.67 while the mean scores of the post test was 25.30. It meant that there was a significant difference between pre test and post test, t(df=29) = 19.282 at p = 0.000 that was lower than 0.05. It means that the alternative hypothesis was accepted which indicates that make a match technique was significantly effective in the teaching vocabulary. Additionally, the result of this research shows that make a match technique is a goof vocabulary learning technique. It encourages greater self-direction for students. Thus, it is strongly suggested that teachers apply this technique to help improve vocabulary of the students.

中文词汇配对游戏中的图片认知差异研究

“…1 引言 图片可以作为中文教学的辅助工具，也可以作为一种独立的教学手段完整地传递教学信 息。由于语言教学的特殊性，图片呈现具有直观、形象、丰富的特点，更能吸引学习者的注意 力，同时激发他们的学习动机和兴趣，图片辅助语言记忆的效果优于文字已经被多位学者证实 (Pressley et al,1981；Yeh & Wang, 2003 (Nikmah, 2018;Nur Lailatus,2023)； (2)运用配对游戏帮助学生积累词汇 (Aswandi, 2020;Matondang et al,2018;Novelita,2019) (Aswandi, 2020;Novelita, 2019;Caro Lina, 2021;Ruzki, 2021) ； (4)游戏化教学 (Rawendy et al,2017;Yi Ying et al, 2021 您觉得这张图片表达什么意思更准确？ In your opinion, the precise meaning of this picture is?…”