THE EFFECT OF USING POCKET CHART ON THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS’ TENSE ABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DESCRITIVE AT SMNPN 3 BANGSALSARI, JEMBER TEXT IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This article presents research findings on the effect of using Pocket Chart on the seventh year students’ tense ability in the context of descriptive text at SMPN 3 Bangsalsari-Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. It was conducted in SMPN 3 Bangsasari-Jember .The population of this research was all of the seventh year students of SMPN 3 Bangsalsari-Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. The research respondents were determined by homogeneity test (a tense test covering Simple Present Tense). The number of the respondents was 6 6 students, consisting of 32 students of grade VII-C as the experimental groupand 34 students of VII-B as the control group .The homogeneity test and post test have been used to determine the class homogeneity and the students’ tenses ability. The research data were analyzed by using independent sample T-Test (SPSS).The result of this research showed that there was a significant effect of using Pocket Chart on the seventh year students’ tense ability in the context of descriptive text. This means that the null hypothesis (H 0 ) of this research was rejected.This means the alternative hypothesis: “Pocket Chart has a significant effect on the seventh year students’ tense ability in the context of descriptive text at SMPN 3 Bangsalsari-Jemberon the 2012/2013 academic year” was accepted.