Comparison of Grammar Translation Method and Eclectic Method in Enhancing Students’ Vocabulary Achievement

Abstract

This study, “Comparison of Grammar Translation method and Eclectic Method in Enhancing Students Vocabulary Achievement” was employed to investigate and examine their difference in teaching vocabulary to the early students.

The participants were grade 4 students in Bandung- Indonesia. It was divided into two groups the control and experimental group.

Data obtained follows: n1=27, n2=33, ?=0.05, mean difference of Grammar Translation Method was 19.22 where mean difference for the Eclectic group was 22.29. After the treatment it was obtained that the mean of post test of Grammar group were 57.14 and for the Eclectic group the mean of post test were 60.21.

From mean of gain of the post test result (The result show that t_observed > t_table: 2.9 > 1.645), it can be concluded that the mean of gain of Eclectic group is higher than the mean of Grammar Translation Method students’ vocabulary achievement and Eclectic method students’ vocabulary achievement.

Keywords: key words, Grammar-Translation, eclectic method,vocabulary