Teaching simple past tense through audio lingual method (an exprimental study of eighth grade of SMP Islam al-Fajar Pamulang)

Main Author: FATMAWATI, Erna
Format: Bachelors
Terbitan: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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  • This study is aimed to describe the objective condition of the teaching simple past tense through Audio Lingual Method at Eighth Grade of SMP Islam Al-Fajar Pamulang. It includes the teaching preparations, the instructional material used by the English teacher, and the evaluation made by the English teacher. The purpose of this study is to find the empirical evidence of the effectiveness of teaching simple past tense using Audio Lingual Method compared to the use of Grammar Translation Method. The design of this research is experimental study. The population is the eighth grade of SMP Islam Al-Fajar. In selecting the sample is used purposive random sampling. The students of class 8.1 and 8.2 of SMP Islam Al-Fajar Pamulang are chosen as the sample. The data collecting is done by the observation and collecting the documentation. T-test is used to analysis the difference between the students� grammar achievement with Audio Lingual Method and Grammar Translation Method. Based on the analysis, the researcher finds that to > tt = 47.4 > 1.99 in significance level 5% and to > tt = 47.4 > 2.65 in significance level 1%. It means there is obvious difference between average score from the result of teaching simple past tense in experiment class and controlled class. It can be inferred that teaching simple past tense using Audio Lingual Method is more effective than teaching simple past tense using Grammar Translation Method.