THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING “HOT POTATOES” TO TEACH STUDENTS “SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE” AT SMPN 1 NGUNUT TULUNGAGUNG

ALIMAH, PUTRI MAYA (2015) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING “HOT POTATOES” TO TEACH STUDENTS “SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE” AT SMPN 1 NGUNUT TULUNGAGUNG. [ Skripsi ]

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vii ABSTRACT Alimah, Putri Maya. Student registered Number. 3213113021. The Effectiveness of Using “Hot Potatoes” to Teach Students “Simple Present Tense” at SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: H. Nursamsu, M.Pd. Keyword: effectiveness, hot potatoes, grammar (simple present tense) English has three components, they are: pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. One of those components is grammar. Grammar is the rule in writing. Grammar also the ways of form of word that have mean and also expression. Learning grammar is not easy, to make more easy in learning grammar the teacher should creative to choose technique in teaching and leaning process. One of the technique is using hot Potatoes (cloze test). Hot Potatoes (cloze test) it self is some application like a game, and also hot potatoes (cloze test) is an interactive quiz to make the teaching and learning grammar more effectively, and fun, because in implicating hot potatoes (cloze test) exploit the technology. Hot potatoes it self is some application that use web page. By implicating this application the teacher hope that it can improve the students’ ability in grammar. The formulations of the research problem were: 1) How is the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense before being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung? 2) How is the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense after being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung? 3)Is there any significant difference on the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense before and after being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung? The purpose of this study were to: 1) To find out the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense before being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. 2) To find out the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense after being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. 3) To find out whether there is any significant difference on the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense before and after being taught by using hot potatoes (cloze test) at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. Research method: 1) the research of this study was pre-experimental research with pre-test and post-test group design. 2) The population of this study was all students at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. 3) The sample was a group of students consist of 39 students in VII I class of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung. 4) The research instrument was test. 5) The data analysis was using t-test which is used to analyze the difference taught students with and without hot potatoes (cloze test). viii The result showed that the students’ score in grammar especially simple present tense before being taught by using hot potatoes (the pretest scores) was 76.00. While, the mean students score in grammar especially simple present tense after being taught by using hot potatoes (the posttest score) was 88.49. The value of −count was 4.662 and the significance value was 0.000. While, in significant level 5%, the calculation of −count was higher than −table (4.662 > 1,686) and the significance value was lower than the significant level (0.000 < 0.05). Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there is any significant difference on the students’ grammar achievement in simple present tense before and after being taught by using hot potatoes quiz. Therefore, hot potatoes cloze test is effective towards grammar achievement especially in simple present tense and it is suggested to be used in teaching grammar, especially at the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Ngunut Tulungagung.

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