The Effect of “Make a Match Technique” and Pupils’ Motivation toward Their English Vocabulary Mastery: A Study at Grade Five of SDN 01 Batang Anai Padang Pariaman.

This research is an experimental research that is aimed to investigate the effect of Make a Match Technique and pupils‟ motivation toward pupils‟ vocabulary mastery. The population of the research was the 94 pupils of the fifth grade at SDN 01 Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman, in 2013/2014 academic year. Cluster random sampling technique was used to get the sample of this research. The samples were class 5A which consists of 30 pupils as the experimental class and Class 5B which consists of 31 pupils as the control class. Vocabulary test and questionnaire were used in collecting the data. A statistical parametric was used to analyze the data. The findings of this research proves that Make a Match Technique gives better English vocabulary mastery to pupils at grade V of SDN 01 Batang Anai than Numbered Head Together Technique. Next, Make a Match Technique does not give better English vocabulary mastery to high motivated pupils at grade V of SDN 01 Batang Anai than Numbered Head Together Technique. On the other hand, Make a Match Technique gives better English vocabulary mastery to low motivated pupils at grade V of SDN 01 Batang Anai than Numbered Head Together Technique. Besides, there is no interaction between those techniques (Make a Match Technique and Numbered Head Together Technique) and pupils‟ motivation toward their English vocabulary mastery. In conclusion, generally, Make a Match Technique affects the pupils‟ English vocabulary mastery at grade V of SDN 01 Batang Anai Padang Pariaman academic year 2013/2014 better than Numbered Head Together Technique, especially for low motivated pupils.