Improving the students’ ability to use adjective through bingo game at the second year of SMP Buq’atun Mubarakah Gombara Makassar

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether or not the bingo game can improve students’ ability to use adjectiveeffectively.The population of this research was the second year of SMP Buq’atun Mubarakah Gombara Makassar with the total 40 students. The researcher used total sampling technique in choosing the sample of the research and employed quasi experimental design where VIII.A which consists of 20 students will be in the experimental group and VIII.B which consists of 20 students will be in the controlled group.The instrument of this research was a vocabulary test used in pre andpost test. The result of the data indicated there was a significant difference between students’ post-test in experimental class and controlled class. The mean score of post-test (80.35) in experimental class was greater than the mean score of post-test (73.55) in controlled class and the standard deviation of post-test (8.29) in experimental class was greater than the standard deviation of post-test in controlled class (5.17). From t-test, the researcher found that the value of t-test (3.24) was greater than t-table (2.021) at the level of significance. It means that this is a significant difference between the result of the students’ pre-test and post-test. Based on the finding and discussion of the research, the researcher drew a conclusion that the use of the Bingo Game can improve the students’ ability to use adjective at the second year of SMP Buq’atun Mubarakah Gombara Makassar