PAVE Strategy to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Achievement D

Abstract

Abstract: The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not: (1) there was a significant difference in students’ vocabulary achievement between before and after they were taught by using Prediction, Association, Verification, and Evaluation (PAVE) strategy and (2) there was a significant difference in vocabulary achievement between the students who were taught by using PAVE strategy and those who were not. The samples of this study were 68 eleventh graders of SMA Negeri 6 Palembang divided into two groups (i.e. an experimental group and a control group) chosen through a purposive sampling method. To collect the data, each group was given a pre-test and a post-test. The data were analyzed by using Paired Samples t-Test and Independent Samples t-Test. The results from Paired Samples t-Test showed that there was a significant difference in students’ vocabulary achievement between before and after they were taught by using PAVE strategy. Likewise, the results from Independent Samples t-Test showed that there was a significant difference in vocabulary achievement between the students who were taught by using P VE strategy and those who were not. In conclusion, PAVE strategy was effective to be applied.

Keywords: Teaching vocabulary, vocabulary achievement, PAVE strategy

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahuai apakah: (1) ada perbedaan signifikan pada pencapaian kosakata siswa sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan strategi PAVE (Prediction, Association, Verification, and Evaluation) dan (2) terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada pencapaian kosakata diantara siswa yang diajar menggunakan strategi PAVE dan yang diajar dengan strategi konvensional. Sampel pada penilitian ini adalah 68 orang siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 6 Palembang yang dibagi dalam dua kelompok, kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol, yang dipilih menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Untuk mengumpulkan data, kedua kelompok diberikan pretes dan postes. Data kemudian dianalisis menggunakan Paired Samples t-Test dan Independent Samples t-Test. Hasil dari Paired Samples t-Test menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan pada pencapaian kosakata siswa sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan strategi PAVE. Serupa, hasil dari Independent Samples t-Test menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada pencapaian kosakata diantara siswa yang diajar menggunakan strategi PAVE dan yang tidak. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa strategi PAVE efektif untuk diterapkan pada pengajaran kosakata Bahasa Inggris untuk siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 6 Palembang.

Kata-kata kunci: Pengajaran kosakata, pencapaian kosakata, strategi PAVE