IMPROVING VOCABULARY BY USING VOCABULARY CARDS OF GRADE VII STUDENTS AT MTs AL-FALAH DEMPO BARAT PASEAN PAMEKASAN IN THE 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to improve vocabulary mastery by using vocabulary cards for the seventh grade students of MTs Al-Falah Dempo Barat Pasean Pamekasan for the 2020/2021 school year.
This research is categorized into a qualitative descriptive method. The subjects of this study were students of class VII PAI MTs Al-Falah Dempo Barat Pasean Pamekasan, designed in two sessions where each session consisted of 2 meetings. Data collection techniques used are observation, tests and documentation. The data analysis technique is in the form of qualitative analysis. Based on the pre-test score of 25 students who completed 6 (24%) and 16 students (76%), it can be said that students' vocabulary mastery is still low. One solution to problems related to vocabulary learning is that the author tries to apply the vocabulary card method which is expected to increase students' interest in learning and mastery of vocabulary.
The results of this study indicate that students' vocabulary mastery increases after the vocabulary card method is applied. In the pre-test score of 25 students who completed 6 people (24%) and who did not complete 16 people (76%) after the implementation of the learning method using vocabulary cards there was a significant increase compared to before. In the post test, there were 16 students who achieved completeness with a percentage of 64% and 9 students who had not completed with a percentage of 36%. Thus, it can be seen that the results of the seventh grade students' vocabulary mastery test at MTs al-Falah Dempo Barat Pasean Pamekasan increased by 52%. It can be concluded that the application of the vocabulary card method can improve PAI vocabulary mastery of seventh grade students of MTs al-falah dempo Barat Pasean Pamekasan for the 2020/2021 school year.