Applying Wordflow to Improve Students’ Vocabulary

This thesis is under the title “Applying Wordflow to Improve Students’ Vocabulary”. This research is aimed at knowing whether Wordflow technique can improve students’ vocabulary and also to know the students’ obstacles in applying Wordflow technique in English vocabulary. The writer conducted a research at SMAN 1 Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. The sample of the research was class X MIA 3 as an experimental class and the number of them was 30 students. The writer conducted tests and addressed questionnaire and interview for some students to collect the data. The result of this research showed that Wordflow Technique improved students English vocabulary. It was proved by the data from students pretest and posttest score; it was shown that the students mean score from pre-test was 63,5 and from post-test was 69,5. It could be concluded that wordflow technique could improve students’ vocabulary in studying English. In addition, there are some obstacles when applying Wordflow technique such as lack of fair group, limited time, noisy, and lack of vocabulary. However, based on all of the data, questionnaire and interview the students were happy and interested in learning vocabulary using wordflow and it could also motivate the students to memorize vocabulary. Although they have some obstacles when applying Wordflow, they enjoyed the technique. To sum up, the teacher of the school may use this technique in improving the students’ vocabulary in studying English.