The Effectiveness of Using Board Race Game in Teaching Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Ginting, Melany Apriliana Liasta (2024) The Effectiveness of Using Board Race Game in Teaching Students’ Vocabulary Mastery. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Tanjungpura.

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using the Board Race Game toteach vocabulary mastery among seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 7 SungaiAmbawang in the academic year 2024/2025. This quantitative research employeda pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-test and post-test involving 22students from class VII B selected through cluster random sampling. Vocabularytests were administered before and after the treatment, and data were analyzed usinga t-test. The pre-test average score was 67.73, which increased to 82.50 in the posttest.The t-test result (t = 5.13 > t-table = 1.721) at a 0.05 significance level showeda significant improvement in students’ vocabulary mastery, with an effect size of1.09 indicating a strong effect. During classroom implementation, students activelyparticipated in the game by racing to write vocabulary on the board, whichencouraged competition, collaboration, and excitement. This lively atmospherehelped students recall and use words more effectively, particularly nouns andadjectives, while also boosting their confidence and motivation in learning English.The study concludes that the Board Race Game is an effective and engagingteaching strategy that creates an interactive learning environment and significantlyenhances vocabulary mastery among junior high school students.

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