The Use of Riddle Game to Improve Students’ Vocabulary

Abstract

Vocabulary mastery is essential part of English as a foreign language. In teaching vocabulary, the teachers had responsibility to make their teaching successful. There are four ways of teaching vocabulary. Definitional methods, Contextual methods, Organizational and Mnemonic instructional methods. In this research the researcher used the contextual method. Riddle game is the nouns all refer to something baffling or confusing which is to be solved. In this research the researcher used the qualitative research. After implementing riddle game, the criteria of success has been fulfilled. It means that the students’ vocabulary achievement was better than before. Based on these result, the students got many improvements, the improvements could be seen from the way they thought logically and creatively, they solved the puzzle the riddle provides and they did the test well.

Using Riddles Technique to Develop Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

“…The main finding of the hypothesis testing was that the vocabulary mastery, particularly in countable nouns, greatly improved. This result is in line with a study by (Yuliarsih, 2022) who discovered that using riddle games has an effect on students' vocabulary el nhancel mel nts. A study by (Hapsari & Pinandhita, 2015) also found that the riddle game improved not only students' vocabulary mastery but also it is an effective technique for teaching speaking.…”

“…Comparing the result of pre-test and post-test especially in experimental class, the researchers conclude that using riddles technique is effective to develop students' vocabulary mastery. This improvement also reflected with the related studies written by(Yuliarsih, 2022) and(Rahmawati et al, 2022) after the students were taught by riddle technique. Both researchers state that there is significant level of development after they conducted the treatment.Considering what was discovered and discussion earlier, the researchers found that utilizing Riddles technique can assist the seventh grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Sausu to develop their vocabulary mastery.…”

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