MEMORIZING VOCABULARY THROUGH BALL TOSS AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF ESCOLA HOSPITALIDADE E TURISMO BECORA IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2023

Anastacia Soares da Silva Lima, Charles F. Guterres, Agostinho dos Santos Gonçalves, Jose A. Sarmento

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The study was Classroom Action Research, which aimed to discover memorizing vocabulary through Ball Toss in the eleventh grade of Escola Hospitalidade e Turismo Becora. The objectives of this research were to answer the following questions: (1) Is Ball Toss used to facilitate teaching and learning in the class to memorize the vocabulary? (2) Were there any significant differences between before and after teaching vocabulary was implemented through Ball Toss? Based on the calculation result, there were significant differences between the pre-test and post-test scores after the implementation of memorizing vocabulary through ball toss to the eleventh grade of Escola Hospitalidade e Turismo Becora in the school year 2023. As in the data analysis, the writer concluded that, to answer the problems above, there were significant differences between before and after the implementation of Vocabulary through Ball Toss. The ball toss could be considered a helpful strategy for teaching English vocabulary. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the pre-test was 2.9, less than the post-test's, which was 7.2. The pre-test and post-test results were compared through the significance level of 0.05 with the degree of freedom of 20. Df = n-1 20-1=19. After the differences in mean score of pre-test and post-test were applied with the t-test formula, the result was 17.1, greater than the t-table value of 2.086. The English teachers and students suggested that teaching and learning English vocabulary as a foreign language through Ball Toss is beneficial for learners to memorize the vocabulary very fast. This strategy could make students enjoy learning and make memorizing vocabulary easier through Ball toss.


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