A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CROSSWORD GAME AND LECTURING METHODS TO TEACH VOCABULARY
Ardana Neswari Purba, Suparno *, Ngadiso *
Abstract
The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out whether there is significant difference in effectiveness between crossword game and lecturing methods to teach vocabulary (2) to find out which one is more effective, crossword game or lecturing methods to teach vocabulary to the third grade of SDN Sumber 3 Surakarta in the academic year of 2012/ 2013. The writer took the sample by using cluster random sampling. The research instrument used to collect the data in this study is tests. Related to the purposes of the study, the research design used in this study was comparative study. Besides, the writer finds that teaching vocabulary using crossword game gives better achievement than lecturing method. In other words, crossword game is more effective than lecturing method to teach vocabulary.
