| dc.description.abstract | Structure  is one of  the  language components  that students  have to  master 
in  studying  English  since  mastering  structure  helps  the  students  to  deal  with  the 
language skills. In  learning structure, students do  not only  have to know  it  forms 
but  also  the  function  of  itself,  where  and  when  it  is  appropriate  to  be  used. 
Therefore,  the  English  teacher  should  help  students  to  understand  the  subjects 
more  easily.  It  can  be  done  by  the  use  of  interesting  and  appropriate  teaching 
media  that  can  improve  the  students’  achievement  in  learning  structures.  One  of 
the teaching media that can be used is Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation.  
The  research  design  was  experimental  research  which  was  intended  to 
know  whether  or  not  there  is  a  significant  effect  of  using  Microsoft  PowerPoint 
Presentation  on  the  ninth  grade  students’  structure  achievement  at  SMPN  1 
Jenggawah  in  the  2011/2012  academic  year.  The  research  area  was  SMPN  1 
Jenggawah  which  was  purposively  chosen.  The  population  of  this  research  was 
the  ninth  grade students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah  in  the 2011/2012 academic  year 
that  consists  of  five  classes  (excluding  the  superior  class,  IX  A).  In  determining 
the  subjects  of  the  research,  the  homogeneity  analysis  that  was  based  on  the 
students’  English semester score by  using  ANOVA  was conducted. Based on the 
result  of  ANOVA  analysis,  the  population  of  the  research  was  homogenous,  so 
that  lottery  was  directly  conducted  in  determining  the  experimental  group  and 
control group.  The  primary  data  of  this  research  was  collected  from  the  students’  post 
test, while the supporting data were  gained trough  interview and documentation. 
The primary data were collected then analyzed by using independent sample t-test 
in SPSS. Based on  the calculation, the  mean score of the experimental  group was 
higher than the  mean score of the control  group (77.89   70.11). The result of the 
t-test analysis was lower than 0.05 (0.026    0.05).  
The  research  results  proved  that  there  was  a  significant  effect  of  using 
Microsoft  PowerPoint  Presentation  on  the  ninth  grade  students’  structure 
achievement at SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the 2011/2012 academic year. Therefore, it 
is suggested that the English  teacher  use Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation as an 
alternative teaching media in teaching structures. | en_US |