THE EFFECT OF ROUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE ON THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ TENSE ACHIEVEMENT AT SMPN 1 JELBUK IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This article presents research findings on the effect of using Roundtable technique on the seventh grade students’ tense achievementat at SMP Negeri 1 Jelbuk in the 2013/2014 academic year. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of using roundtable technique on the Seventh Grade Students’ Tense Achievement at SMPN 1 Jelbuk in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The population of this research was all of the seventh year students of SMP Negeri 1 Jelbuk in the 2013/2014 academic year. The research respondents were determined by students’ English scores in the previous semester final examination. The number of the respondents was 64 students, consisting of 32 students of grade VII-C as the control class and 32students of VII-D as the experimental class. The primary data of this research were obtained from the students’ scores of tense test and were analyzed by using T-Test formula. Based on the result, it was known that the value of t-test was 2.01 and it was higher than that of t-table (1.67). It showed that there was a significant difference on the students’ tense achievement from the two classes. This means that the null hypothesis (H0) of this research was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha): “There is a significant effect of using Roundtable technique on the seventh grade students’ tense achievementat at SMP Negeri 1 Jelbuk” was accepted.