THE EFFECT OF USING PICTURES ON STRUCTURE ACHIEVEMENT AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SL TPN 6 JEMBER IN THE 200312004 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate whether there was a significant effect of using pictures on structure achievement of the second year students of SL TPN 6 Jember in the 2003/2004 academic year. The hypothesis of the research was "There is a significant effect of using pictures on structure achievement ofthe second year students of SL TPN 6 Jember in the 2003/2004 academic year". Randomized post-test only control group design was used as the design of this research. The respondents of this research were the second year students of SL TPN 6 Jember in the 2003/2004 academic year, consisting of 100 students, out of the total population which consists of 200 students. Regarding that the population was homogeneous, then, two of four classes were chosen as the respondents of the research by using cluster random sampling. They were determined as the experimental group and the control group by lottery. The treatment was given to the experimental group that was teaching structure using pictures. Meanwhile, the control group was taught structure without using pictures that was using lecturing method. T-test formula was administered to analyze the primary data with the significant level of 5 %. The result showed that the statistical computation value of the t-test was higher than that of t-table (5.41 >1.980). It means that there was a significant effect of using pictures on structure achievement of the second year students of SLTPN 6 Jember in the 2003/2004 academic year. Based on the result of the research, the English teachers are suggested to use pictures in teaching structure in order to conduct the teaching learning process more effectively.