3 stimulate everyone to „have go‟ and do their best. Goleman 1996 says that
children always enjoy fantasy, imagination and movement, and he claims that learning does not take place in isolation from children‟s feelings. Children will
remember and learn faster when they are happy, relaxed and unthreatened. Therefore, teachers have to create a conducive and pleasurable atmosphere, so that
what they learn can have a lasting effect on them. Random sounds game could be an effective technique to develop and
reinforce some concepts of grammar. It is a game to speculate orally andor in writing about the sources of sounds, using the simple past, expressions of
uncertainty e.g. I thought I heard a … andor expressions of speculation e.g. I think I could hear …. This game will make the students practice to write what
they heard after they closed their eyes and listened every sounds they can hear. Based on the description above, the writer is interested to study about the
effectiveness of random sounds game in teaching simple past tense. An experimental study on the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Batang, academic
year 20152016. Hopefully, this technique can be an effective learning technique in teaching simple past tense.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
The writer chooses the topic “The Effectiveness of Random Sounds Game in Teaching Simple Past Tense An Experimental Study on the Tenth Grade
Students of SMA N 1 Batang in the Academic Year 20152016 ” based on the
following reasons:
4 1 Grammar is very important in English. As stated by Leech, Deuchar and
Hoogenraad 1986: 3 grammar is the mechanism according to which language works.
2 Learning English grammar is difficult and boring for most students. 3 Teachers should use some effective techniques in the classroom in order to
make learning grammar more enjoyable, interesting and communicative. 4 Through random sounds game, the students can practice and enjoy learning
grammar especially in simple past tense. 5 Most of the tenth grade students of Senior High School h
aven‟t used simple past tense appropriately.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
The problem which the writer wants to investigate in this study is “How effective
is the use of random sounds game in teaching simple past tense on the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Batang in the academic year 20152016?
”
1.4 Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to find out the effectiveness of random sounds game in teaching simple past tense on the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Batang in
the academic year 20152016.
1.5 Hypotheses of the Study
There are two hypotheses in this study. The first hypothesis is the working hypothesis or the alternative hypothesis H
a
. The alternative hypothesis in this study is “There is significant difference in simple past tense understanding
5 between the students are taught using random sounds game and those who are
taught using conventional method .”
The second hypothesis is the null hypothesis H . The null hypothesis in
this study is “There is no significant difference in simple past tense understanding between the students are taught using random sounds game and those who are
taught using conventional method .”
1.6 Significance of the Study
