EFRAN SALTRIS NOMLENI Pengarang LAURENSIUS KIAN BERA Dosen Pembimbing 1 John W. Haan - 19630222 198803 1 002 Dosen Pembimbing 2 Santri Emilin Pingsaboi Djahimo Penguji 2 A. M. Mandaru Penguji 1

ABSTRACT Efran S. Nomleni. 2022. The Use of Snowball Throwing Game Technique In Improving Students’ Vocabulary of The Tenth Grade of SMKN 5 Kupang In The Academic Year of 2022 Advisors: 1. Dr. Drs. Laurensius Kian Bera, MA 2. Drs. John W. Haan, M.A, Ph. D Keywords: Snowball Game and Vocabulary. This research is about “The use of snowball throwing game technique in improving students’ vocabulary to the tenth grade of smkn 5 kupang in the academic year of 2022/2023”. This research was done through classroom action research (CAR), it was held for two cycles which include four steps for each namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. This research focused on teaching vocabulary through snowball throwing and took place at the seventh year students of SMKN 5 Kupang and the students were 31 students. The instruments of this research were test and observation list. Test was given that to know the students’ understanding toward material that has been given. Observation was used to observe the students’ participation during the use of snowball throwing in teaching vocabulary. The result of students’ achievement in the pre-test and post-test showed a significant increase. The result of the student's pre-test is 46.7, and the post-test is 80.9, and the result of the observation checklist, it showed that the class condition during the teaching-learning process creates a positive atmosphere in the classroom, and also makes students creative in finding ideas. By doing the procedures above, most of the student is active in learning activities, 21 students are active, 8 students are very active, 2 students are less active, and none of the students is not active. It means that 90% of students are active in the learning process and 10% were not active. The objective of the research is to find out the effective of using snowball throwing in teaching vocabulary at the tenth year students of SMKN 5 Kupang such as: supported by giving more practice about the using snowball throwing to make the students easier in understanding and memorizing the word, giving list of vocabulary then told them how to pronounce the words correctly, the researcher gave the interesting picture and topic, and modifying the classroom as long as it helps learning process.