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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
This chapter presents the conclusion and the suggestion. In this chapter, the researcher would like to give some conclusions that may relate to
the subject.
A. Conclusion
Many games and media that become tool for teaching and learning activity effective such as cards, word wall, etc. One of games is crossword
puzzle that the writer expected effective for teaching and learning activity. So, the writer did the research using crossword puzzle in teaching vocabulary in
MTs. Muhammadiyah 1 Ciputat. Based on the anylisis result of this research, showed that the result of T-test formula to test the hypothesis of this research
in the significance degree of 5 is t-test t
t-table t
t
2.13 1.999. Therefore, the null hypothesis H
is rejected and alternative hypothesis H
a
is accepted. Besides, it can be seen from the comparison between the gained score
average of experimental class and the gained score average of controlled class on the table of the students‟ gained score, the gained score average in
experimental class 21.22 is higher than the gained score average in control class 13.38. it means that crossword puzzle is effective in improving
studen ts‟ vocabulary. Therefore, it can be concluded that the answer of
research question was proven that there is effectiveness of crosswrod puzzle on students‟ vocabulary at first of Islamic Junior High School
Muhammadiyah Ciputat in academic year 20152016.
B. Suggestion
After the writer carried out the research, she woudl like to offer some suggesttion that may relate to the research findings and discussion. The result
of this research showed that crossword puzzle is effective to be applied in vocabulary teaching and learning. There are some points that the writer might
suggest: a. For English Teacher
English teacher shosuld be creative in developing the teaching learning activities and strategies in classroom to make the class alive and the students
do not ge bored. Besides, English teachers should encourage the studen ts to be active to participate in class learning activities si that the students will get
more efective vocabulary learning and easier to undersatnd the new vocabulary taught. English teachers also should motivate the students that
learning English especially vocabulary is such an easy and interesting to learn. The use of instructional media should be encouraged.
b. For Students Students should always be active in the process of teaching and learning and
not afraid or lazy in the English lesson, so the students should develop their motivation. Esides, the students should give more attention and keep their
atitude when the teacher explained he lesson and teach them. The students also should study hard to reduce their difficulties in learning English.
c. For the Next Researcher Researcher should develop the study using the media or strategies in
vocabulary understanding to make the students interested and understand the material easily. For example: using card, song, picture and crossword puzzle.
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