A THESIS

USING COLLOCATION TO IMPROVE THE

STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY
AT THE SECOND GRADE SMA BAJIMINASA
MAKASSAR

PASKALIS DARSONO

11-14094
 A. Finding
Statistics pretest and posttest
No Items Pretest Posttest

Total of students 23 23

1 Zum 75.5 153.5

2 Mean 3.28 6.67

3 Std. Deviation 0.83 0.66

4 Maximum 5.0 8.0

5 Minimum 2.0 6.0

 Clasiffication of the students
pretest and posttest
No Clasifficatio Score Pretest Posttest
n
Frequenc percentag Frequency percentag
y e e

Excellent 9.6 to 10 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0

1
Very good 8.6 to 9.5 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0
2
Good 7.6 to 8.5 0 0 0/0 4 17.4 0/0
3
Fairly good 6.6 to 7.5 0 0 0/0 8 34.8 0/0
4
Fair 5.6 to 6.5 0 0 0/0 11 47.8 0/0
5
Poor 3.6 to 5.5 6 26.1 0/0 0 0 0/0
6
Very poor 0.0 to 3.5 17 73.9 0/0 0 0 0/0
7

Total 23 100 0/0 23 100 0/0

 T-test and T-table

Variable T-Test T-Table

X2 X1 26.9 2.074
The value of T-test was greater than T-
table value (26.9 > 2.074). It meant that
collocation method could significantly
improve the English vocabulary
achievement of the second year
students at SMA Bajiminasa
 Hypothesis testing

based on result of T-test and T-table above, the

researcher can be concluded that the null
hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the
alternative (H1) was accepted.
 DISCUSSION

Based on result of finding above, vocabulary

mastery of the second year students at SMA
Bajiminasa improved after teaching vocabulary
through collocation
 CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion
Collocation can improve the English
vocabulary mastery significantly of the second
year students at SMA Bajiminasa Makassar. It
can be seen through the result of pre-test and
post-test. The students post-test was higher
than the students pre-test.
B. Suggestion
The researcher recommends to apply
collocation as one of the method or media ways
in vocabulary mastery and to give attention at
the interesting method in teaching to make
students interested in English, especially to
teach vocabulary.
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