THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEME BASED TEACHING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY OF THE SEVEN GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 35 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out the implementation of theme based teaching can improve the students vocabulary in learning English. It was conducted at Class VII–2 of SMPN 35 Makassar which consisted of 30 students as the sample of the research. This research used pre-experimental research with one group pretest and post-test design. The researcher did pre-test, treatments and post-test. The data was gained by analyzing the students‟ pre-test and post-test result. The research findings indicated that Implementation of theme based teaching can improve students‟ vocabulary. It was proved by the mean score of pre-test was 59,88 is classified as fair score then improved to be 77,21 in post-test is classified as good. The improvement percentage was 28,94%. Therefore there was significant improvement of the students‟ reading comprehension. It can be seen from the value of t-test (32,69) was greater than t-table (2,049) at the level of significances. It means that this is a significant difference between the result of the students‟ pre-test and post-test. Therefore, hypothesis HO was rejected and H1 was accepted. This the researcher concludes that the Implementation of Theme Based Teaching can Improve Students‟ English Vocabulary of the Seventh Grade at SMP Negeri 35 Makassar