The Effect of Dynamic Assessment towards Students' Vocabulary Mastery in Podcast Final Project A Quasi-Experimental Research of Second Semester Students of D3 Budidaya Ternak Study Program, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Jenderal Soedirman University in Academic Year 2022/2023

Abstract

The main concern of this research is the effect of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on students' vocabulary mastery. The purposes of this research are to find out: (1) the effect of DA on students’ vocabulary mastery in podcast final project; (2) students’ impression of DA towards their vocabulary mastery; (3) the implementation of DA during English class. This research used a quantitative method with a quasi-experiment design. The participants involved in this study were second semester students at D3 Budidaya Ternak study Program, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Jenderal Soedirman University. Two classes were used where class F as the experimental class and class G as the control class. The samples were selected using criteria from purposive sampling. In this research, the data were collected using tests, questionnaire, and observation check-list and then the data were analysed using independent t-test. The results of this research show that DA affects students' vocabulary mastery. It can be seen from the significant value of independent sample t-test that was 0.000 and lower than 0.05. It can be said that DA has a significant effect on students' vocabulary mastery. The students felt that learning through mediation with DA increased their learning interest. Moreover, students' vocabulary got increased after being treatment. The conclusion showed that DA has significant and positive effect on students’ vocabulary mastery.