THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KEYWORD TECHNIQUE IN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT THE BASIC CLASS OF ESADA COURSE IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Abstract
This study was conducted to find out whether the keyword technique is effective to the students’ vocabulary at the Basic class of ESADA Course. The research is done by comparing the results of the pre-test and the results of the post-test.
This study used a pre-experimental research design and a quantitative approach. The subject of this study is 11 students of the basic class at ESADA course. The data were collected by using writing test instrument and being analysed by using validity test, inter-rater reliability using Pearson Product Moment to know whether the test were reliable or not , One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for normality test, and Wilcoxon test.
After tested by using Wilcoxon test in SPSS, it showed that there is a significant difference in students’ vocabulary knowledge by using keyword technique before and after the treatment. The Wilcoxon test result of Sig. (2-tailed) is worth 0.003. The result of Wilcoxon test result showed 0.003 which is smaller than 0.005 it means that there is significant different between before and after treatment.
Keyword: Keyword Technique, Vocabulary