The Effectiveness of Using Short Movies to Improve Vocabulary Mastery

A Pre-Experimental Research at Class VII-H of SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng Jombang in the Academic Year of 2023-2024

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the implementation of short movies media effective to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. The researcher conducted a pre-experimental group design. The population of this research is the seveth-grade students of SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng Jombang in the academic year 2023/2024. Total of the population was 9 classes. The sample in this study was class VII H SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng Jombang, totaling 32 students. Based on the data normality test that has been carried out by the researcher, it shows that sig. 2-tailed is 0.200 meaning that the data is normally distributed, then it will be continued with a simple paired t-test. based on the Testing of Hypothesis Terms, If the score of t is sig. <0.05, Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. on the simple paired t-test calculation, the data shows sig. (2-tail) 0.000. The data is smaller than 0.05, meaning that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. the students' scores of pre-test was in medium level, while in post-test, the students' score was high. it could be concluded that the short movies was effective to improve students' vocabulary mastery in SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng Jombang.