IMPLEMENTING BACKWARD SPELLING QUIZ IN TEACHING ENGLISH

Abstract: This research was intended to find out whether there was a significant difference of vocabulary achievement of students before and after being taught through backward spelling quiz. One group pretest-posttest, pre-experimental design was applied. The subject of the research was the grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Bumi Nabung Lampung Tengah in the year 2011/2012. Vocabulary test in the form of multiple choices was used as the instrument of the research and repeated measures ttest was accomplished to analyz the data. The results show that the students taught through backward spelling quiz seemed to be more enjoyable and interested in learning vocabulary since the students could provide a good response during teaching learning process. The teaching learning process challenged and involved all students in the game. It can be seen from the increase of the students’ mean score. The students’ mean score of the pretest was 57.19 while the mean score of the posttest was 79.30. After comparing the result of the pretest and the posttest scores, it was found that there was a significant difference, the mean score of the students increased 22.10 after the treatments. The total number of items of the students’ correct answer for the three aspects (noun, verb, adjective) in the pretest was 570 while on the posttest was 874, and the increase was 304. Based on the data analysis the significant level acceptedproposed in this research was of 0.05, it was noted that p=0.000. It proves that the students’ scores were significantly different (p<0.05, p=0.000) and the students’ active learning was better. So the hypothesis (H) proposed in this research was accepted. Having conducted the observation, it was found that this game help teacher to create could good atmosphere in the classroom. It was proven since 91% students responded lesson enthusiastically, 91% worked cooperatively and 96% were able to create their own sentences by using vocabulary they had just learnt. Key Words : backward spelling, increasing, vocabulary achievement Â