The Effectiveness of Using the Scrabble Game in Improving Vocabulary Mastery among Female High School Students at Bina Madani Boarding School Bogor through the Al-‘Arabiyyah Baina Yadaik Textbook فعالية استخدام لعبة سكرابل Scrabble في إتقان المفردات لدى طالبات الثانوية بمعهد بناء مداني بوغور من خلال مقرر العربية بين يديك
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This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using the Scrabble game in improving vocabulary mastery among Female high school students at Bina Madani Islamic Boarding School, Bogor, through Al-‘Arabiyyah Bayna Yadayk textbook. The researcher employed an experimental method using a One Group Pretest–Posttest Design. The population of this study consisted of 163 students, while the sample included 69 students selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through pre-test, post-test, non-participant observation, and unstructured interviews. The data were analyzed using the Paired Sample T-Test and N-Gain analysis with Excel and SPSS programs. The findings showed that the mean score increased from 75.5 in the pre-test to 85.4 in the post-test, with an improvement of 9.9 points. The result of the Paired Sample T-Test revealed that the significance value (Sig. 2-tailed) was 0.000, which was lower than the significance level of 0.05. This indicates a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test results. Meanwhile, the N-Gain result was 0.3281, categorized as a moderate gain level. These findings indicate that the use of the Scrabble game was moderately effective in improving students’ vocabulary mastery and also increased their motivation and classroom participation.
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