Applying Fashcards To Improve Students Vocabulary (An Experimental Study at SMPIK Nurul Quran)

This study focuses on improving students’ vocabulary through flashcards as the media at first grade students at SMPIK Nurul Quran Aceh Besar. The problem of this study is the students are lack of vocabulary. The sample was the students of class VII-A as the control class and VII-B as experimental class. In collecting the data, the writer used test (pre-test and post-test). After getting the data, the result of the test were analyzed by using statistical procedures. The average score of post-test of experimental class (71) was higher than the average score of post-test of control class (42). The finding shows that students of experimental class improved their English vocabulary. Thus, it can be assumed that using flashcards can improve students’ vocabulary.