The Implementation of Word Chain Game to Improve the Mastery of English Vocabulary

Vocabulary is an important element in any language teaching learning process. In learning English, mastery of vocabulary is one of the main goals to improve students’ English skill. This research is designed to measure the implementation of Word Chain Game in improving the mastery of English vocabulary. The research questions in this research are: (1) What does the Word Chain Game do toward students’ vocabulary? (2) What are the ELT students at second year of UIN AR-RANIRY, Banda Aceh responses toward the Word Chain Games in English vocabulary teaching learning process? In collecting the data for this research, the writer used techniques which are: Experimental teaching, test, and questionnaire. The experimental teaching was conducted in five meeting. This research included two tests, there were pre-test and post-test. The questionnaire was given in the last meeting to find out the responses from ELT students. The sample in this research was unit 5 of the ELT students at second year of UIN AR-RANIRY 2016/2017.The result of this research showed that experimental teaching helped the students to improve their mastery of English vocabulary because the students gave the positive respond, they felt enjoyable in learning English vocabulary by applying Word Chain Game, and they felt easily to recall their memories about the vocabulary they have known before. For the tests showed that the mean of post-test score (71,8) was higher than the mean of pre-test (63,8). In answering the questionnaire most of the students gave the good respond in answering questionnaire. The writer also analyzed the hypothesis of this research and it showed that alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In this research, the writer will be very pleased to accept any critics and suggestions to make this thesis better.