The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of
Fly
Swatter Game
for teaching english vocabulary. This study was
conducted by using quasi experimental method. The population of th
e
research was all of the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Ajibarang in
academic year 2015/2016. The sample was divided into two groups;
7A as the experimental class and 7B as the control class. The
experimental class was taught by using
Fly Swatter Game
, but the
cotrol class was taught without using
Fly Swatter Game
.Test was used
in collecting data, namely pre-test and post-test and the instrument
was tried out to part of population to know is validity and realibility.
The test is multiple choices items
and matching items. The result of
the research showed that there was a significant difference of the
students` vocabulary mastery between the students who were taught
using
Fly Swatter Game
and those who were taught without
Fly
Swatter Game
. It could be seen on the result of computation of t-test,
where t-result is 2,847 while the T-table value at the level of
significant 0,05 for degree of freedom (df) 62 was 1,678. It means that
t-test was higher than t-table (2,847> 1,678). Therefore it could be
concluded that the hypothesis of the research that Fly Swatter Game
was effective for teaching vocabulary mastery was accepted.