The study was carried out to know whether contextual vocabulary teaching
technique was effective in teaching vocabulary for the eight grade students of
SMP N 2 Sumbang in academic year 2011/2012. The method of research used
quasi experimental method of which there were two classes selected by using
random sampling technique as the sample of the study( N= 68). The two classes
were D class as an experimental class and B class as a control class. In the
experiment class, the students were taught to learn English words by having a lot
of sentence making practice both in spoken and written form (contextual
vocabulary teaching technique). In the control class, students were taught to learn
English words by memorizing word lists without having any sentence making
practice at all (word list memorization/ conventional technique).
The data were collected using test in the form of completion with a total
number of 30 items which were administered to both classes. The result of the
study revealed that the students receiving treatment in the experimental class
outperformed those in the control class quite significantly on the vocabulary test.
Based on the result it can be concluded that the use of contextual teaching
technique is effective in teaching vocabulary especially for the eight grade
students of SMP N 2 Sumbang in academic year 2011/2012.