The Effectiveness Of Morphological Awareness Training In Acquiring Vocabulary For English Foreign Language Learners
Abstrak: Magister Degree of
Linguistics, Brawijaya University of Malang Abstract:The aim of this study was
primarily to investigate the effects of morphological awareness
training in acquiring
vocabulary of EFL’ Learners. The design of this study was quasi-experiment
design. The total population of this
study was 263
studentsat the first
grade from SMPN 2
Singosari. The sample
was 66 students
consist of 33
students from class VIIE
as control group
and 33 students
from class VIIG
as experimental group. There
were two independent
variable, control group
and experimental group. The
experimental group received
5 lessons on strategies whereas the control group did
not. Vocabulary Measurement test that adapted from Coxhead (2000) were used and
descriptive statistics were reported.
In this study
the effectiveness of
Morphological Awareness was investigated by
using independent sample
t-test.The result showed
that tcounted was lower than tcritical (-18.00<2.000) with P value
0.00 (df=64). The P value
was less than 0.05
which it indicated that
there is significant differences between
control and experimental
group.The result of
this study has shown
that there was an effect
of morphological awareness training in acquiring students’
vocabulary. Also, the findings have shown that
students had motivation
to practice their
vocabulary ability. Morphological
awareness also makes the learner more aware of the writing system.
Author: Ermy Dikta Sumanik,
S.Pd
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150099
