The effectiveness of mnemonic technique to teach vocabulary viewed from students’ creativity (An Experimental Study in the Second Grade Students of SDIT Salsabilla Baiturrahman Prambanan in the Academic Year 2012/2013)

Oleh :
Dhian Marita Sari - S891102008 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The objectives of the research is to identify: (1) Whether Mnemonic technique is more effective than Direct Instruction in teaching vocabulary for the second grade students of SDIT Salsabilla Baiturrahman Prambanan in the academic year of 2012/2013; (2) Whether the students who have high creativity have better vocabulary mastery than those who have low creativity; and (3) Whether there is an interaction between teaching techniques and creativity in teaching vocabulary for the second grade students of SDIT Salsabilla Baiturrahman Prambanan in the academic year of 2012/2013. This research method was experimental. This research was carried out at SDIT Salsabilla Baiturrahman Prambanan in the academic year of 2012/2013. The population was the second grade student. In this research, the researcher used total sampling. The researcher took class II.A as experimental class and class II.B as control class. Each class was divided into two groups (the students having high and low creativity). The research instruments consist of students’ creativity test and students’vocabulary test. The creativity test was readable and vocabulary test was valid and reliable after they were tried out. The data were the result of vocabulary test and analyzed by multifactor analysis of variance 2 x 2 (ANOVA). Then, it was analyzed by using Tukey test. Based on the result of data analysis, the research findings are: (1) Mnemonic technique is more effective than Direct Instruction to teach vocabulary for the second grade students of elementary school; (2) The vocabulary mastery of the students having high creativity is better than that of those having low creativity; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity. The research result of this study implies that: (1) The English teachers are suggested to use Mnemonic technique to teach vocabulary; (2) Students could use Mnemonic to improve their vocabulary mastery as it can help them to produce the newly learned words effectively; and (3) The future researchers are also able to conduct research of the same kind with different population characteristic and different variables. Key words: Mnemonic technique, Direct Instruction, creativity, elementary students, and experimental study.