Mnemonic Pegword as a Method in Teaching Vocabulary for EFL Young Learners. (Supervised by Ulfah Syam and Rampeng)

Abstract

The objective of this research was to know how the improvement of vocabulary for EFL young learners by using mnemonic pegword as a method in teaching vocabulary. This research used pre-experimental by using one group pre-test and posttest design with quantitative approach. The population of this research was the seventh grade of SMPN 40 Bulukumba in the academic year 2020/2021. The writer used cluster random sampling technique. The number of samples were 30 students from the class of seven D. After conducted the research, the writer concluded that using Mnemonic Pegword as a method in teaching vocabulary can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. It was proved by the mean score of the students’ pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the students’ pre-test was 42.3 and the mean score of the students’ post-test was 69.1. The significant difference between t-test 13.83 was higher than t-table 2.045 at the level of significance 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df = 29). The result of students’ post-test was higher than pre-test. It means that there was significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery