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conjunction. Penggunaan
permainan jumbled- words
membantu saya dalam
membuat kalimat positif dengan
benar. 5
25. 00
13 65.
00 2
10. 00
20 100.
00
Penggunaan permainan jumbled-
words membantu
saya dalam membuat kalimat
negatif. 1
5. 00
9 45.
00 8
40. 00
2 10.
00 20
100. 00
Penggunaan permainan jumbled-
words membantu
saya untuk membuat kalimat
tanya dalam bahasa Inggris.
9 45.
00 9
45. 00
2 10.
00 20
100. 00
Penggunaan permainan jumbled-
words mempermudah saya
dalam membuat kalimat bahasa
Inggris. 7
35. 00
12 60.
00 1
5. 00
20 100.
00
Meanwhile, the results of the questionnaires using the criteria of total mean score counted from the results of the topic could be seen as follows.
7.00 – 15.40 very low achievement
15.41 – 23.80 low achievement
23.81
– 32.20 average achievement
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32.21 – 40.60 high achievement
40.61 – 49.00 very high achievement
The total mean of score on this topic was 34.31 in first cycle and 33.95 in second cycle. It was considered as high criteria. It meant that the implementation of
jumbled-word game could help the students to develop their writing skills since the criterion achieved was high. The jumbled-word game could help them to
analyze part of speech, and it could also help them to construct not only positive compound sentences but also negative compound sentences.
Besides, the researcher also obtained results of students‟ opinion toward
jumbled-word game itself. In first cycle, some students agreed that the jumbled- word game was fun and understandable see Appendix F. Whereas, in second
cycle the result increased. Most students agreed that the use of jumbled-word game was fun, while there were 70 of the students who agreed that the jumbled-
word game given by the researcher was understandable. It could be seen from Table 4.5.
Table 4.5. Students’ Opinion toward Jumbled-Word Game
Statements Frequency of Points of Agreement
N Strongl
y Disagr
ee Disagre
e Neutra
l Agree
Strongl y Agree
∑ ∑
∑ ∑
∑ ∑
Permainan jumbled-words
yang diberikan guru mudah
dipahami. 6
30. 00
14 70.
00 20
100. 00
Penggunaan 1
5. 6 30. 00
9 45.
00 4 20. 00
20 10 0.
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permainan jumbled-words
di kelas itu menyenangkan.
Meanwhile, the criteria of total mean score in this topic presented as follows. 4.00
– 4.80 very low 4.81
– 5.60 low 5.61
– 6.40 average
6.41 – 7.20 high
7.21 – 8.00 very high
The total score of this topic was 6.81 in first cycle and 6.50 in second cycle. It was considered as high criteria. The students of class X AK agreed that the jumbled-
word game was great since it was fun and understandable. In conclusion, most students had positive opinion toward jumbled-word
game. They agreed that the jumbled-word game was fun and understandable. Thus, it could help them to construct compound sentences. The improvement
could be seen from the error percentage in first cycle 36.46 and in second cycle 22.88.
b. Interviews
The researcher conducted interviews on May 13, 2015 after the implementation of jumbled-word game in two cycles. The researcher asked four
students of X AK SMK Sanjaya Pakem to have the interviews.
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Based on the interviews results, most students thought that the jumbled- word game could help them to construct English sentences.
Researcher : Oke. Terus menurutmu jumbled-word game tu bisa bantu kamu
nggak sih untuk nyusun kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris? Okay. In
your opinion, do you think jumbled-word game could help you to construct English sentence?
Venezuela : Bisa. Yes, it does.
Europe : Bantu banget, miss. Dan itu pasti berguna buat kedepannya juga.
Yes, it did help me a lot. It would also be useful in the future. Mexico
: Iya, miss. Sure Hungary
: Menurutku sangat bisa karena disitu kan kita bakal nentuin ini abis subject terus apa, abis verb terus apa, kayak gitu. Jadi sangat
membantu banget itu. I think it did help me because we would
determine what should be put after subject or verb. So, it really helped me.
Interview transcript, see Appendix G Besides, the students also got good progress in constructing compound
sentences after the implementation of jumbled-word game. Researcher
: Oiya, terus kemarin itu kan kalian dapet tugas bikin compound sentences. Nah itu menurutmu ada progressnya nggak setelah
dapet jumbled-word game? Well, in the previous meeting you got
an assignment to construct compound sentences. Did you have good progress after you did the jumbled-word game?
Europe : Progress banget miss. Jujur, kalo dari pribadi saya sih progress
banget. Sure, I had. In my honest opinion, I did have good
progress on it. Interview transcript, see Appendix G.
Furthermore, from the interviews the researcher could get information that the students had ever got jumbled-word game in junior high school. Some of them
said that the jumbled-word game they got in the junior high school was the same as the implementation in this research. Moreover, there was a student who said
that she had just understood about the jumbled-word game when the researcher implemented it on learning process.