Mufidah , 2201411054 (2016) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES BY USING FLIP A-CHIP TECHNIQUE. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project concerns with the use of flip a chip technique in improving students’ mastery of derivational word. The objective of this research is to investigate to what extent flip a chip technique gives its influence in teaching derivational word to the vocational high school students. This study used action research design. There were two cycles of action in this study. This research was started with an initial pre-test and ended with a final post-test. In each cycle there were pre-test, treatment, and post-test. Tests were used to collect the quantitative data. Meanwhile, observation checklist and questionnaire were used to gather the qualitative data. The students of class XI accounting of a vocational school in Semarang were chosen as the subjects of this study. The study showed that the technique could give a great help to the students in improving the mastery of derivational word. By comparing the mean score of the initial pre-test and the final post-test, a significant improvement could be seen. The students’ mean score of the final post-test (82.08) was higher than that of the initial pre-test (56.81). This improvement was also supported by the results of observation checklists and questionnaire. Based on the observation checklists, the students’ attitude improved. Their participation in Cycle 2 was better than that of Cycle 1. Moreover, the result of questionnaire showed that the students gave positive perception towards the use of flip a chip technique. By referring to the results, it can be concluded that flip a chip technique gave a good contribution to the improvement of the students’ ability in mastering derivational word. Therefore, the use of that technique as an alternative way to teach derivational word is recommended. Through this technique, teachers are expected to be able to increase the students’ interest and motivation in learning derivational word.

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