@misc{eprints67177,
           month = {September},
           title = {THE USE OF CROSSWORD PUZZLE GAME TO IMPROVE STUDENTS?
VOCABULARY MASTERY
(At SMPN 3 Natar in Academic Year 2021/2022)},
          author = {1813042001 Vina Mustika},
         address = {UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG},
       publisher = {FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN},
            year = {2022},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/67177/},
        abstract = {The objectives of this research were to find out whether teaching by using
crossword puzzle could give improvement toward students? vocabulary mastery
and to find out the students responses in teaching vocabulary by using crossword
puzzle. This research was conducted at the first grade of SMPN 3 Natar in
Academic year 2021/2022. The 7B class which consists of 30 students were chosen
as sample of this research. The design used quantitative approach. The instruments
used in this research were vocabulary test that consisted pre-test and post-test in
multiple choice to answer the first question and questionnaire to answer the second
question. The test was given to know how far the students improve their vocabulary
after the treatment. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 22.0. The result of this
research showed that crossword puzzle could improve students? vocabulary
mastery. It could be seen from the result of t-value (11.096) was higher than t-table
(2.045) with the value of significant level 0.000 {\ensuremath{<}} 0.05 which indicates that H1 is
accepted and H0 is rejected. Moreover, the mean score of pre-test was (75.58) and
the mean score of post-test was (84.29) it means that the students improved about
(8.91) with the N-gain score was (0.38). In addition, the result of students? response
showed that students gave positive response after the implementation of crossword
puzzle game in teaching English. It could be seen from the result of the total score
of the questionnaire of which the students mostly choose strongly agree and agree
statements. So, It means that crossword puzzle game technique is good to be used
in teaching vocabulary.
Keyword: Crossword Puzzle, Vocabulary, Response.}
}