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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is the research findings and the second part is the discussion. In the first part, the researcher presents the data
which were gathered by employing three research instruments: observation, questionnaire, and interview. From the data analysis, the researcher presents the
findings which answer the two research questions.
A. Research Findings
There are two sections in this part. The first section is about the implementation of scrabble in teaching vocabulary for the 10
th
grade students of SMA N 2 Purworejo. The second section is the use of scrabble game in improving the 10
th
grade students‟ vocabulary mastery at SMA N 2 Purworejo.
1. The Students’ Perception on The Implementation of Scrabble for The 10
th
Grade Students of SMA N 2 Purworejo
This section presents the findings which were related to the students‟ perception on the implementation of scrabble game. The researcher divides this part
into four sub-discussions:
a Students’ Attitude Towards Vocabulary Learning
The researcher provided two close-ended questions in the questionnaire and interview to find out
the students‟ attitude towards learning. The first question was
about whether the students face difficulties in learning. The result was twenty out of thirty three 60,6 students answered “Yes” they faced difficulties in learning
vocabulary. Besides, thirteen out of thirty three 39,4 students answered “No” they
did not face any difficulties on learning vocabulary. The second question was about whether the students were bored when
learning vocabulary about. The result of the second question was twenty two out of thirty three 66,6
students answered “Yes”. Besides, eleven out of thirty three 33,4 students answered “No” they did not bored when learning vocabulary about.
The result of the questionnaire strengthened by the interview. The researcher asked why learning vocabulary makes the students feel bored. Students 2 and 3 stated as
follows: S2: It was because the material always related to words. It always made me bored
easily. Soalnya materinya cuma hubungannya sama kosakata tok mas. Itu yang bikin aku gampang bosen kalo belajar vocab
S3: Too many words for me to memorize. It was difficult and always made me bored easily. Lha banyak banget kosakata yang kudu diapalin mas. Susah
juga sih, kalo udah gitu terus males The data above proved that many students still faced difficulties in learning
vocabulary. Those difficulties made the students experience boredom. This problem can hinder the students to develop their vocabulary mastery.
Then, the researcher provided three close-ended questions on the questionnaire to find out what kinds of difficulties that the students faced in learning
vocabulary. The first question was about whether the students found difficulties in memorizing the words. The result was thirty one out of thirty three 93,9 students
answered “Yes” they found difficulties in memorizing words. It was because the students needed a good learning media to help them memorize the words. The second
question was about whether the students were difficult in pronouncing the words. The result was twenty five out of thirty thr
ee 75,7 answered “Yes” they were difficult in pronouncing some words. It was difficult for second language learners to speak
with a good pronunciation because they rarely practice their English. The third question was about whether the students were difficult in spelling the words. The
result was twenty seven out of thirty three 81,8 students were difficult in spelling unusual vocabulary which sometimes the found. It was because the students rarely
practiced their spelling except in the classroom. Those problems will affect the students‟ achievement in English.
Those percentages from the questionnaire were strengthened by the interview result. The researcher tries to elaborate on the cause of their difficulties in learning
vocabulary about. Student 2, 4, and 5 stated as follows: S2: Yes, sometimes those was difficult for me whether memorizing, pronouncing,
or spelling the words in a narrative text. Actually, the difficulties not only in the narrative text. Generally, vocabulary is difficult. It would be more difficult
when we learn vocabulary in certain topic. Iya mas, kadang aku susah buat nginget-inget kosakata sama istilah. Cara ngucap nya juga kadang masih
salah. Sama pas waktu nulis gitu kadang juga salah huruf nya. Emang dasarnya udah susah sih apalagi kalo pas tentang bacaan gitu suka nggak
umum kosakatanya ya tambah susah deh
S4: Yes, all of them were quite difficult. Whether memorizing, pronouncing, or spelling. Basically, I did not really like English. Narrative text was so hard for
me because it contained many unusual words. Iya susah semua mas pokoknya. Soalnya emang dasarnya aku nggak terlalu suka sama Bahasa
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