The Effectiveness of Using Diary in Teaching Simple Past Tense in Recount Text in Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2016/2017

Abstract

English has been taught in Indonesia for many years. However the result has not been satisfying. In Junior High School, students have to learn how to express the event on the past by using simple past tense. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is any effectiveness of using diary in teaching simple past tense in recount text to eighth grade students of SMP N 4 Purworejo. This research is carried out at SMP N 4 Purworejo. As the sample, the researcher uses 62 students of the total population. The researcher uses purposive sampling technique. To collect the data, the researcher uses test as the instrument. There are pre-test and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher uses t-test formula. The result of data computation indicates that the mean score of the post-test of experimental group is higher than the mean score of post-test of control group (80.52 > 68.52). In addition, the result of t-value is 5.71. Then, the researcher consults the critical value on the t-table using 5% (0.05) alpha level significance and the degree of freedom is 1,697. It means that t-value is higher than the t-table (5.71 > 1.697) and it means that Ha is accepted. It can be concluded that diary as media in teaching simple past tense of recount text is effective.