TEACHING PREFIXES AND SUFIXES BY USING ONLINE-GAMES

Abstract

The objective of this research was to know whether by using online games can
improve students' vocabulary skills. This researchers used a pre-experimental research design and focused to affixes material. An affix is a grammatical element that is added to the beginning called prefixes and end of a word called suffixes, it’s to change inflection or meaning. The sample of this study was selected using totally sampling. The research instrument used pretest and post-test. This study aims to improve the vocabulary ability of students of the English Language Education Department of STIT Ibnu Rusyd Tanah Grogot of using online games in teaching Advance Vocabulary class. Data from the results of this study indicate that there is a significant increase in the amount of treatment given. In the experimental class there was a treatment given, using an online game. The improvement can be proven by the mean post-test score of 82.00 and it can be concluded that the use of online games can improve students' vocabulary skills.