THE EFFECT OF USING OUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE IN COOPERATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING ON TENSES ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 JENGGAWAH IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

Abstract.An English tense is one of the language components of English that is very important in learning English. It cannot be ignored because it is needed by the students to master four language skills, namely: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Though English tenses are very important for the students to master four language skills, many students experience difficulties in learning English tenses. There are many reasons that cause this problem. One of the reasons is the students do not have motivation in learning English tenses. Many students are bored when they learn English tenses in the same situation, such as the the lecturing method. The use of Roundtable Technique in Cooperative Language Learning in teaching English tenses can be an appropriate technique since it can increase the students’ enthusiasm in learning English tenses. This research applied a pre-experimental with non-equivalent posttest only design. This research was conducted at SMPN 1 Jenggawah with the eighth year students as the population. Two classes were taken by using lottery since the result of homogeneity test was homogeneous. Class 8H which consisted of 38 was students as the experimental group and class 8E which consisted of 37 was students as the control group. The students’ posttest scores were analyzed by using Independent Sample T-test which was available on SPSS. The result of the Independent Sample T-test showed that the use of Roundtable Technique had a significant effect on the students’ tenses achievement.

Key Words:Tenses achievement, Roundtable Technique, Independent Sample T-test