1.2  Reasons for Choosing the Topic
My  research  is  conducted  based  on  some  reasons.  First,  I  choose  conditional sentences  as  the  materials  to  be  taught  to  the  research.  It  is  because  they  play  an
important role in grammar, and they are not easy to learn. Conditional sentences are quite complex to learn in both the formulas which are used and the meaning. Celce-
Murcia and Larsen-Freeman 1999 say that the main difficulties lie in the following aspects are form, meaning, oversimplified explanations, and time-tense relationship.
Moreover, according to Cowan 2008, one cause of E SLEFL students‟ difficulty in
producing  English  conditional  sentences  is  probably  that  some  learners  have difficulty which starts from a small number tenses used in conditionals in their L1 to
the  large  number  of  tense  sequence  required  for  expressing  specific  conditional meanings  in  English.  Moreover,  conditional  sentences  cannot  be  separated  from
students‟ life. The students frequently use them in any expression related to everyday language. That is why conditional sentences are important for students‟ to learn.
Second,  teachers  should  find  an  attractive  technique  to  teach  conditional sentences.  One  of  the  techniques  that  the  teacher  can  use  in  teaching  conditional
sentences  is  tea  party  technique.  This  tea  party  technique  which  creates  a  lot  of movements  will  enable  the  students  to  be  more  active  and  energetic  to  learn.
Furthermore, the students will work in  heterogeneous groups because their partners will  always  change.  As  a  result,  students  can  share  their  mind  with  each  other  and
help  each  other  to  learn.  In  this  condition,  the  students  will  feel  more  relaxed,  and they are expected to be able to receive the materials well. Therefore, I intend to know
the effectiveness of tea party technique to teach conditional sentences.
1.3 Statement of the Problems
The problems which are going to be discussed in my research are as follows: 1  How is the achievement of the subjects in mastering conditional sentences?
2  What is the effect of the use of tea party technique to teach conditional sentences on the subjects?
1.4  Objectives of the Study