Abstract :
Vocabulary has an important role in English. Vocabulary is an important
aspect of English skills because it is the foundation of speaking, reading, listening
and writing. Having a large vocabulary, it will be easier for students to learn
English both in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Meanwhile, if students
are unable to have a large vocabulary, these students will experience difficulties
in communicating or speaking and students may experience difficulties learning
English and mastering the four integrated language skills.
This study is conducted to determine the significance of the effect of realia
as teaching method towords vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of smp
negeri 7 metro. This research used quantitative research, cluster random
sampling technique, and used the t-test formula. The research instruments were
pre-test and post-test. There were 30 students for the control group and 30
students for the experimental group.
The results of the analysis show that the t value obtained (3.483) is
greater than the t table (2.01) at a significance level of 0.05 and a significance
level of 0.01 which is lower than 0.05. Therefore, the hypothesis is accepted. It
means that teaching vocabulary mastery using realia as teaching method
towords vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade of smp negeri 7 metro is
effective. The researcher realizes that the results of this study are still far from
perfect. Thus, she expects that other researchers conduct further research so
that they can find other research findings related to this issue.