PENERAPAN STORY TELLING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PENGUASAAN KOSAKATA SISWA SMP NEGERI 4 PALU

The objective of this research is to find out the implementation of using
story telling to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. The subjects of this
research is the Eighth Grade Students’ of SMP Negeri 4 Palu. This research was
conducted by using pre-experimental research design. The sample was class
Delima that consisted of 33 students. The instrument of collecting data is test. The
test cover pretest and posttest. The researcher gave a pre-test to find out students’
prior knowledge before the treatment and post-test after the treatment. In the
pretest, the students’ mean score is 53,23 and the post-test is 72,02. Then, the
researcher calculated the t-counted and the result of t-counted value is 10,85. By
applying t-table value with 0,05 as the level of significance and 32 degree of
freedom, it is found that t-table value (1,694) lower than t-counted value (10,85)
that means the hypothesis is accepted. Based on results of the research it can be
concluded that the implementation of story telling technique can improve
vocabulary mastery of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Palu. The
results of this research showed improve in students’ vocabulary mastery through
the implementation of story telling. This research implies that the teacher can use
story telling to teach vocabulary mastery.