The Effectiveness of Using Realia in Teaching Vocabulary at the fifth grade students on SD Merpati Tangerang in 2014/2015 Academic Year

donni fajar anugrah [et.al]; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd.; nita kaniadewi, m.pd.;

PUTRI NANDA CAHYANI, NIM: 1001065172. The Effectiveness of Using Realia
in Teaching Vocabulary at the fifth grade students on SD Merpati Tangerang in
2014/2015 Academic Year. A Paper. Jakarta: The Study Program of English
Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah
Prof. Dr. Hamka. 2015.
The objective of this study is to find out the empirical evidence of the effectiveness of
using realia in teaching vocabulary at the fifth grade students on SD Merpati
Tangerang. The writer used the experimental method. The writer taught the two
different classes by using two different teaching techniques.
The population of this study was all of fifth grade students of SD Merpati Tangerang
which consisted of 2 classes around 60 students. Each class is 30 students. As a result
of this sampling technique, the writer got class 5.A for the experiment class around
30 students in which small group discussion technique was applied and class 5.B
around 30 students for the control class. The writer used t-test to calculate the data
and to test the hypotheses. The result of the calculation from this study is to ≥ ttable =
4,31 > 1,65. It means that the Null Hypotheses (Ho) is rejected and the Alternative
Hypotheses (Hi) is accepted. In short, it can be concluded that the use of realia in
improving students‟ vocabulary is more effective. Based on the finding of this study,
this research will hopefully be useful for improving of education in Indonesia.
A Paper. Jakarta: FKIP of Muhamadiyah University of Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2015.