SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’

Abstract

Im p r ovin g the S e ve n th G r ad e

S tud e n ts’

T e n s e

Ac h ieve m e n t b y Usi n g T e am s

G a m e s

T ou r n ame n t ( T G T ) T e c h n iq u e

at

S M P N

1 M an gar an

in

the

2012/2013 Ac ad e m ic Ye a r ; I rma

Dw i Ya nti , 080210491021 ; 2008; 5 4

pa g e s; Eng li sh

Educ a ti on P rog r a m of

L a n g ua ge

a nd Ar ts D e pa rtmen t o f t he

F a c ult y

of

Te a c he r T ra ini ng a nd

Educ a ti on of J e mber Uni ve rsit y .

This re se a r c h wa s a

c lassro om a c ti on re s e a rc h that w a s c ondu c ted c oll a bora ti ve l y

b y

the r e se a r c he r with the En g li sh tea c he r. I t us e d Te a ms Ga mes Tour na ment (T GT)

te c hnique to im pr ove

th e

se ve nth g r a de

stude nts‟ tense

a c hieve m e nt of S MP N 1 Ma nga ra n.

This re se a rc h w a s be g un

b y

c o nduc ti ng

a n int e rvi e w with the Eng li sh tea c he r

of the se ve nth g r a de stud e nts of S MP N 1 Ma nga ra n. I t r e ve a led tha t t he sev e nth g r a de

students of

S MP N 1 Ma ng a ra n sti ll

e x pe rie nc e d diff iculti e s in lea rning

te nses. The y

c ould not diff e re nti a te be twe e n sim ple pr e se nt te nse a nd pr e se nt c onti nuous tense

in

wr it ing

se nt e nc e s.

Th e

te a c he r

state d that onl y

37. 5% of

the students c ould re a c h the

standa rd sc o re

of

Stand ar K ompe tensi M ini mum

( SKM )

of

70. I t mea ns that the

students‟ tense

a c hiev e ment wa s sti ll

low . B e sides, the students we re

a lso lac k of

pa rticipa ti on in the c lassro om during

the tea c hin g

a nd lea rnin g

pr oc e ss. I t c ould be

se e n fr om the students‟ i nter a c ti on while the y

r e sponde d the tea c he r ‟ e x pl a na ti on a nd

que sti ons. The

te a c he r st a ted that onl y

a

f e w stud e nts pa id a tt e nti on to th e

tea c h e r‟ s e x plana ti on a nd a nswe r e d the que sti ons.

To ove rc ome the a bov e

pr oblems, the re se a rc he r a ppli e d Te a ms Ga mes Tour na ment (T GT)

tec h nique in tea c hing

tense s.

This tec hnique wa s c hosen

be c a use

it

wa s a n e ff e c ti ve

te c h nique for

im pr ovin g

the

students‟ tense

a c hiev e ment a nd a c ti ve

pa rticipa ti on since

it

invol ve d a ll

the stude nts a c ti ve l y

in the tea c hing

lea rnin g pr oc e ss throu g h discussi on a nd c ompetit ion a m ong

g r oups. As state d b y

D e vr ies

(1980 :5) that T GT is a

t e a c hin g

t e c hnique

that c a n make

im porta nt a n d wide spre a d

c ha n g e s in students‟ a tt it ude s a nd a c hieve m e nt. He

a lso state d that the purpo se

of