Improving Students’ Mastery Of Simple
Present Tense Through Climbing Grammar
Mountain Game To The Eight Grade
Students Of SMP N 16 PontianakThe research was conducted in order to Improving Students’ Mastery of
Simple Present Tense through Climbing Grammar Mountain Game to the
Eight Grade Students of SMP N 16 Pontianak
This research was done by using Classroom Action Research method to
solve the problems faced by the students. This research was conducted at the
Eight Grade students of SMP N 16 Pontianak. Here, the researcher used
purposive sampling as the sampling technique by choosing VIII B as research
sample that consist of 33 students.
To collect the data qualitative, the researcher used observation checklist
table and field note, were covered in observation technique which done
during teaching learning process. While, quantitative data collection was
taken from simple present tense test in multiple choice which conducted in
the end of each cycle.
In the process of teaching and learning has become the evidence that
climbing Grammar mountain game improve students’ mastery of simple
presen tense. However, it can be seen from cycle to cycle where the students
have good understanding in used usage, subject – verb agreement and adverb.
The observation checklist and field note from each cycle also have proved
that in the climbing grammar mountain game the students became more
active and more enthusiast in this teaching learning process. The students also
have improving of simple present tense from the students’ simple present test.
However most of students got the increasing score from cycle to cycle.