THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOVIE IN INCREASING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT SMPN 4 SAMARINDA

Abstract

This study aimed to identify whether watching a movie can improve students' English vocabulary. This study employs quantitative research methodology with a one-group pretest and post-test design. The subject of this research was the second-grade students of SMPN 4 Samarinda, which consisted of 30 students. In this study, it is found out the students' vocabulary achievement by giving several vocabulary tests to the students. The vocabulary tests were pretest before and posttest to see the significant difference in the students' vocabulary. The result of this research showed that there was a significant improvement in students’ vocabulary mastery after the implementation of the movie. It could be seen from the results, which showed that the significance level (ρ) is lower than 0.05 (ρ = 000), where the students mean score in the pre-test was 74.50 with an increase of 89.85 in the post-test. It can be concluded that movies can improve students’ vocabulary mastery.