Improving Vocabulary Mastery through Video Animation Media at VIII Grade Junior High School Banten in the 2021-2022 Academic Year

nur isnaini; dr. ir. suciana wijirahayu, m.pd.;

DINDA FATIMATURROHIMAH, NIM: 1801055044. Improving
Vocabulary Mastery through Video Animation Media at VIII Grade Junior High School Banten in the 2021-2022 Academic Year. The study programmed of English Education, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2022.
The objective of this research is to improve the vocabulary mastery at Grade VIII students at SMPN 1 Cikande in the academic year of 2021/2022 through an action research study by using animation videos. The subject of this research is grade VIII-C SMPN 1 Cikande, consisting of 31 students. The research was carried out in three cycles. The first cycle consisted of 4 meetings, while the second cycle consisted of 3 meetings, and the third cycle consisted of 2 meetings. At each meeting, there are two important steps in the research, namely the preliminary study, the step to identify the problem, the action in each planning, implementing, evaluating and reflecting. There are two types of data in this study, qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative data can be collected through observation and interviews. Data is displayed through field notes, interview transcripts, and photos. Quantitative data were collected through pre-test and post- test. The data is analyzed from excel and SPSS programs.
The results of this research indicate that the use of animated videos in improving student's vocabulary mastery there are still weaknesses in the first cycle. Weaknesses include had still lacking and understanding of the meaning vocabulary. Secondly, there was an increase in students' vocabulary and mastery of grammar. The indicator is that students could understand the meaning of vocabulary and understand vocabulary according to the structure of grammatical use. Besides, their post-test scores were better than their pre-test scores. The mean of pre-test before implementing cycle 1 and post-test after implementing cycle 3 increased from 51.2 to 92.5.