The Effectiveness of the Make A Match Collaborative Method on the Outcomes of English Language Development of 5-6 Year Old Children at Mardisiwi 01 Kindergarten, Punten Village

Abstract

The development of English which is classified into aspects of language development is one of the foreign languages that children must master, especially in modern times like today. In early childhood, learning English begins with being taught how to recognize vocabulary. The collaborative method is a learning strategy where learning provides opportunities for children to communicate and interact with each other. The collaborative method of make a match or can be called the game of finding pairs is a learning method using cards, where each card given to the child includes a question card and an answer card. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the collaborative make a match method on the achievement of English language outcomes for children aged 5-6 years. This research uses quantitative methods using pre-experimental design with the type of one group pretest- posttest. This study obtained an average pretest result of 11.23 and an average posttest of 15.90. Based on the results of hypothesis testing using Paired Sample T-Test, the significance result is 0.000 <0.05. The effectiveness test used N-gain Score of 0.5308 and N-gain percent of 53.0821%. It can be concluded that there is a difference in the collaborative make a match method on the results of English language achievement of children aged 5-6 years at Mardisiwi 01 Kindergarten, Punten Village with the effectiveness category which is quite effective.