The Use of Plotagon to Enhance Vocabulary Acquisition for Secondary School Students

The title of this thesis is "The Use of Plotagon to Enhance Vocabulary Acquisition in Secondary School Students' to the second grade students of Islamic Secondary School Keutapang Dua Aceh Besar". The aims of this study were to find out the improvement of students ability on vocabulary after teaching by using Plotagon application, and to describe student's perception of teaching vocabulary by using Plotagon application. This study was an experimental research. It was conducted in Islamic Secondary School Keutapang Dua Aceh Besar. 30 students; 16 male and 14 female were involved in this study. To collect important information, observation and questionnaire were employed. The findings showed that the use of Plotagon promoted students' motivation to learn new vocabularies to create stories. Consequently, students created their own story by working in group. This helped students increased their vocabulary and, improved their language skills. Finally, it showed that Plotagon® is a pedagogical tool that promotes students' in a meaningful and amusing way.