Ajeng Wulandari, Tadkiroatun Musfiroh
This research aims to reveal (1) whether the use of bilingual card as media is more effective than the use conventional media in increasing young learners’ English vocabulary, (2) whether the use of monolingual card as a media is more effective than the use of conventional media (3) whether the use of bilingual card as a media is more effective than the use of monolingual card (4) the most effective media among bilingual card, monolingual card, and conventional media in increasing students’ English vocabulary. This research is quasi-experimental research which involved two experimental groups and one control group. The sample is three classes of grade 3 students of Integrated Islamic Elementary School NurHidayah Surakarta. The variables of the research are monolingual and bilingual cards as the independent variable and English vocabulary mastery as the dependent variable. The data collection used a pre-test and post-test. The data analysis used the ANCOVA. The tests of normality and homogeneity were administered before the hypothesis testing. The result of the research shows that (1) the bilingual card is more effective than conventional media in increasing young learners’ English vocabulary, as shown by the result of LSD test (2) the monolingual card is more effective than conventional media in increasing young learners’ English vocabulary, as shown by the result of LSD test with the mean difference(3) there is no significant difference between the use of bilingual card and the use of monolingual card in increasing young learners’ English vocabulary. (4) the most effective media in teaching vocabulary for young learners is bilingual card. © IJSTR 2020.
Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
