5 Significance of the Study 6 Definition of the Term

1. 5 Significance of the Study

Theoretically, there are some significances of this study. First, for students. There is any improvement in the students’ vocabulary mastery after being taught using crossword puzzles and quartet cards game. Then, for English teachers. They will always try to make an enjoyable situation during the teaching and learning process. Besides that, there are also some significances of this study practically. First, for students. The fourth grade students of elementary school are able to develop their thinking ability and get learning motivation in learning English vocabulary. Then, for English teachers. It will give information to English teachers about some kinds of vocabulary teaching media, i.e. crossword puzzle game and quartet card game.

1. 6 Definition of the Term

In order to avoid misunderstanding of the readers in understanding the means of “a comparative study of using crossword puzzle and quartet card to enhance students’ vocabulary mastery a case of the fourth grade students of MI Al Iman Banaran Gunung Pati Semarang in the academic year of 20102011”, it is necessary to present the following definition of term specifically: 1 Comparative Study Sugiyono 2007:117 states that comparative study is a research which tests the population parameter in the form of comparison through the sample which is also in the form of comparison. However, what is meant by comparative study here is a research which tests the comparison. In other words, it is a research which compares the vocabulary mastery achieved by the fourth grade students of MI Al Iman Banaran Gunung Pati Semarang who have been taught by using crossword puzzle game from those taught by using quartet card game in the academic year of 20102011. 2 Crossword puzzle Hornby 1974:206 states that crossword puzzle is a puzzle in which words have to be written from numbered clues vertically and horizontally in spaces on a chequered square. Because there are some types of crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle that is used here is from picture to words, especially picture crossword with word list, because the type is appropriate to elementary school students’ skill, especially for fourth grade students. 3 Quartet card Mardiana 2007 states that a quartet card is a piece of stiff paper containing information played by a small number of players. The object of this game is collecting sets of cards, usually sets of four cards of the same rank. On the cards are pictures of members of families with their names below, each family has four members. 4 Vocabulary Webster 1993: 1166 defines vocabulary as a list of words, and phrases, usually arranged and explained or defined. However, what is meant by vocabulary here is the English words as specified in the fourth graders curriculum. The vocabulary which is used in this study includes vocabulary which relates to Toys and Games and also Fruit and Vegetables.

1. 7 Outline of the Report