the class. the class is divided into groups and each group come to the board and writes the words in one by one.
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5. The Advantages of Cross Word Puzzle
Cross word puzzle is one of many instructional game that comprehend word-level into grid and make the class fun with puzzle clues and the object of
cross word puzzle is to find the hidden list word based on clues.
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Teaching vocabulary through cross word puzzle may draw on other problem-solving
activities in order to reinforce previous lexical items or it may deal with an entirely new lexical. In learning vocabulary through cross word puzzle is an
effective and interesting way that can be applied in EFL classroom. Wahyuningsihin Marin C. Njoroge et.al.mentions some advantages using
cross word puzzle as follow: Help students to gain interest and reduce boredom
Cross word puzzle give students opportunity to practice and repeat the
sentence pattern and vocabulary Students feel relax and enjoy in participating in the learning activity
and they memorize the vocabulary in different way Cross word puzzle can be given at point of time during the lesson.
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Thomas P. Carter stated that in the learning vocabulary using cross word puzzle students are excited to work on them, cross word can be use as EFL
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W R Lee, Language Teaching Games and Context, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 1980.p, 64-65.
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Hossein Vassoughi, Using Word-Search-Puzzle Games for Improving Vocabulary Knowledge of Iranian EFL Learners, Journal of Teaching Englis as a Foreign Language and
Literature of Islamic Azad University of Iran, 1 1, 79-85, Winter 2009, p. 2.
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Martin C. Njoroge, Ruth W. Nd ung‟u Moses Gatambuki Gathigi, op. cit.,p, 7.
activity whether the methodology approach is cognitive, behavior and they can be adapted in large or small class.
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6. Previous Related Study
The researcher has found two relevant studies which related to this research. First is “The Use of Crossword Puzzle to Improve Vocabulary
Mastery Classroom Action Research on the First Grade Students of SMP N ” written by Zunita Widyasari. The purpose of this research is to find out
whether there is improvement of the students‟ achievement in vocabulary using crossword puzzle. This is shown by the students‟ enthusism in doing
crossword puzzle and most of students better understand what the teacher taught in cycle II than in cycle I. Moreover, the students‟ achievement of
vocabulary has improved by using crossword puzzle in their test. Furthermore, the result of t-test calculation cycle I is 5,97 and in cycle II is 6,33.
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Second, the research by the title “The Effectiveness of Word Find Puzzle to
Teach Common Noun for Fifth Grade of Elementary School ” written by
Ainatus Sholikhah. The aim of this research is to find the effectiveness of word find puzzle between the students‟ who were taught by using word find
puzzle and the students‟ who were not taught using word find puzzle on
common noun, especially in SDN 03 Pekalongan. The result of the research shows that the experimental classhas the mean value pretest was 54.60 and
post-test was 74.00. while the control class has the mean value pre-test was 52.0and post-test was 59.40.
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Thomas P. Carter, Cross Word Puzzle in the Foreign Language Classroom, The Modern Language Journal, Volume 58, No 3 March.,1974, Wiley National Federation of Modern Language
Teachers Association, p. 4.
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Zunita Widyasari, The Use of Crossword Puzzle to Improve Vocabulary Mastery, Skripsi at English Departement of Education Faculty State Islamic Studies Institute STAIN Salatiga.
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Ainatus Sholikhah, The Effectivness of Word Find Puzzle to Teach Common Noun for Fifth Grade of Elementary School An Experimental Study to the fifth Grade of SDN Pekalongan in the
Academic year 20102011. Skripsi at Tarbiyah Faculty Walisongo State Institute for Islamic Studies Semarang.
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