IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY THROUGH EGRA TECHNIQUE

Main Authors: Renny Syahara, Fia; Universitas Sebelas Maret, Rais, A Dahlan; Universitas Sebelas Maret, Sri Wahyuni, Dewi; Universitas Sebelas Maret
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Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN UNIVERSITAS SEBE , 2013
Online Access: http://jurnal.fkip.uns.ac.id/index.php/bhs_inggris/article/view/162
http://jurnal.fkip.uns.ac.id/index.php/bhs_inggris/article/view/162/1957
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Daftar Isi:
  • This classroom action research is aimed at finding out whether EGRA can improve the students’ grammar mastery and the strengths and weaknesses of EGRA to the class VIII of SMP N 1 Jaten Karanganyar. It was conducted in two cycles. Quantitative and qualitative data gathered indicates that EGRA effectively improve the students’ grammar mastery. The mean score of the test result is 56.7 for pre-test, 68.8 for the post-test 1 and 91.8 for the post-test 2. On the one hand, the research proves that (1) EGRA enhance the students’ grammar concept, (2) Generalization stage in EGRA steps pump up the students’ discovery in learning structures of a sentence and (3) EGRA technique can be a tool of motivator to build the students’awareness in learning grammar. On the other hand, it is time consuming in generalization stage and the students sometimes get bored with repeated explanation on structures.Keywords: Grammar mastery, EGRA