Improving Students’ Vocabulary Achievement and Active Participation by Using Spidergrams of The VIII-F at SMPN 01 Sukorambi in 2016/2017 Academic Year

The purpose of this research is to find out how the use of Spidergrams can improve students’ vocabulary achievement and active participation of the VIII-F at SMPN01 Sukorambi in 2016/2017 Academic Year. Kind of this research is Classroom Action Research. The subject of this research is the students of VIII-F class. Test and Observation Checklist are used to obtaion the data. The design of action research are preliminary study, planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The mean score of preliminary study was 75.72 and the students who achieved standard score was 9 (31.03%), while 20 (68.96%) failed. Spidergrams can improve students’ vocabulary achievement and active participation in two cycles from the mean score 76.06 in Cycle 1 to 80.13 in Cycle 2. From the vocabulary achivement test were 75.86% in Cycle 1 to 86.20% in Cycle 2. The observation checklist result from 75.86% in Cycle 1 to 89.65% in Cycle 2. Based on the data above, it can be concluded that the use of Spidergrams can improve students’ vocabulary achivement and active participation.