The Influence of Learning Method Make a Match on the Mastery of Chinese Language Vocabulary of the Pupils at Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Primary School

Abstract

: This study aims to know how much the influence of cooperative learning method “Make a Match” on the mastery of Chinese language vocabulary of the pupils at Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo primary school. This study uses quantitative research method, a type of quasi experimental design, with pretest and posttest. The research sample consisted of 40 pupils for the experimental class and another 40 pupils for the control class. The hypothesis proposed of this study is that there is a significant influence on the mastery of Chinese language vocabulary. The data is collected through pretest, posttest, and learning outcomes test instrument from the book of Chinese language “lai xue xi hua wen”. The result of the uncorrelated sample t-test showed that the cooperative learning method “Make a match” had a significant influence on the mastery of Chinese language vocabulary. Data analysis using t-test shows the result of the experimental class posttest learning is 89,00 while the control class is 64,75. Thus the cooperative learning method “Make a Match” has a significant influence on the mastery of Chinese language vocabulary of the pupils at Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo primary school.