Wigati.Martina, , 2201407156 (2011) The Use of Circle the Sage as A Strategy in Teaching Conditional Sentence Type 2(An Experimental Research at The Eleventh Graders of SMK N 7 Semarang in the Academic Year 2010/2011. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Learning language cannot be separated from learning the grammar because without grammar, meaning nuances can lose or cannot be submitted. Learning grammar is one of the problems of EFL students. It is somehow difficult and boring. Therefore, teacher should come up with creative strategies in teaching grammar. Cooperative learning could be an effective in grammar teaching. One of the strategies derived from cooperative learning is Circle the Sage strategy. Through this strategy, student can explore their knowledge and get more chance to interact and share each other. Therefore, the learning process would be more interesting and enjoyable. The research is aimed to obtain the effectiveness of Circle the Sage as a strategy in teaching conditional sentence type 2 at the eleventh graders of SMK N 7 Semarang in the academic year of 2010/2011. The type of the research is quantitative experiment using control group pre-test post-test design. The instrument used is an objective test in form of multiple-choice and matching task. The instrument had been tried out to see its validity and the reliability. The population of the research is 15 classes of the eleventh graders. The samples are two classes; control group and experimental group. Because the ability of the students in each class was quite different, I used purposive sampling technique by ranking the classes and then choosing the classes in the middle rank with an assumption that they had average ability. To determine the control group, the experimental group and the try-out class, I chose them randomly by lottery. The research result showed that the students who were taught using Circle the Sage strategy gained significantly better achievement than those who were taught using conventional teaching strategy. The average score of the students who were taught using Circle the Sage strategy rose 13.45% from 74.71 to 88.16, while the average score of those who were taught using conventional teaching strategy only rose 3.83% from 77.35 to 81.18. According to the t-test, both control group and experimental group were considered equal before the treatment but, they had significant different results after the treatment. Based on statistic calculation, the test of significance shows that the t-value (6.081) is higher than the t-table (2.0483). It demonstrates that Circle the Sage is an effective strategy to teach grammar, specifically conditional sentence type 2.

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