Teaching Tense through Modified Song Lyrics for Junior High School

Hesti Karlina, Patuan Raja, Ramlan Ginting Suka

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Abstrak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) untuk menemukan apakah ada peningkatan signifikan secara statistik atas pemahaman siswa terhadap penggunaan tense setelah pembelajaran; (2) tipe tense dan jenis kalimat yang lebih dikuasai siswa sebelum dan setelah pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif yang menggunakan pola one group pretest-posttest. Data penelitian diperoleh menggunakan tes grammar yang disajikan dalam bentuk pilihan ganda. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa (1) pemahaman siswa terhadap tense meningkat signifikan setelah diajar menggunakan lirik lagu yang dimodifikasi; (2) siswa lebih menguasai simple present dan (3) kalimat nominal sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan lirik lagu yang dimodifikasi. Hasil penelitian ini mengindikasikan bahwa lirik lagu yang dimodifikasi adalah media yang baik untuk mengajar tense.The aims of this study were to find out whether there was (1) statistically significant improvement of the students achievement on tenses after they were taught through modified song lyrics; (2) which type of tenses and (3) which type of sentences they mastered better before and after getting the treatment. This research was quantitative study which employed one group pretest-posttest design. The data were collected through grammar test in form of multiple choice. The findings revealed that (1) the students achievement on tenses was significantly improved after they were taught through modified song lyrics; (2) they mastered simple present tense better than simple past tense and (3) nominal sentences better than verbal sentences before and after being taught through modified song lyrics. Hence, it obviously indicates that modified song lyrics is a good media to improve the students achievement in using tense.Keywords: Tense, nominal and verbal sentences, modified song lyrics.

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