Word Ladder Game in Teaching Vocabulary: An Experimental Study in Indonesia

Reski Ramadhani, Siti Nuraeni Muhtar, Anugrah Imani, Yayan Carlian

2018

Abstract

This study is intended to know how Word Ladder game improves students’ vocabulary mastery. This study was conducted at Junior High School in Indonesia. This experimental study employed a quantitative method with one experimental group and one control group. Then, the samples in both groups were tested by pre-test and post-test items. In the first meeting, it was administered 20 multiple-choices of vocabulary items as a pre-test. In the following four meetings, the samples in the experimental group received Word Ladder game as treatment, while the samples in the control group received conventional vocabulary practice. At the end of the treatment, the same vocabulary test was administered to the samples of both groups as the post-test to know the influence of the treatment. Then, the t-test was used to compare the means score of two groups. The result indicated that there was the statistically significant difference between vocabulary which was taught by using Word Ladder and by using the conventional method. It was concluded that the subjects who received Word Ladder game on vocabulary significantly improved their vocabulary mastery.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ramadhani R., Muhtar S., Imani A. and Carlian Y. (2018). Word Ladder Game in Teaching Vocabulary: An Experimental Study in Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 257-264. DOI: 10.5220/0008216600002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Reski Ramadhani and Siti Nuraeni Muhtar and Anugrah Imani and Yayan Carlian},
title={Word Ladder Game in Teaching Vocabulary: An Experimental Study in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={257-264},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008216600002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Word Ladder Game in Teaching Vocabulary: An Experimental Study in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Ramadhani R.
AU - Muhtar S.
AU - Imani A.
AU - Carlian Y.
PY - 2018
SP - 257
EP - 264
DO - 10.5220/0008216600002284