because the teacher does not preserve the interesting way in teaching simple past tense. Moreover, the students are not asked to be more active in the class.
F. Previous Study
Referring the previous explanation, this study aims to find the influence of using short story in mastering simple past tense, it is necessary to strength the
theory that correlated to this study. Therefore, this study can be done. The writer finds three previous studies that reflect to this study.
According to Indina Furnama’s research about “Solving Students’ Difficulty in Learning Simple Past Tense by Using Short Story” at the second
year of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Hidayatullah Umam Cinere, Depok, she found that learning simple past tense by using short story can improve students
’ participation and their achievement. The method in this study is Classroom Action Research by
using Kurt Lewin’s design. Furthermore,
according to Hisbullah’s research about “Teaching Simple Past Tense by Using Cooperative Learning” at Second Grade of MTs.
Pembangunan UIN Jakarta, he found that there is significant different between students’ score in learning simple past tense by using Cooperative learning and by
using Grammar Translation Method. The method in this study is an experimental study by using t-test.
The last, there is a previous study about “The Effectiveness of Story Based
Approach in Learning the Simple Past Tense” at the eighth grade students of SMP N 3 South- Tangerang by Leni Mandasa. She found that there is
significance influence in teaching the simple past tense by using Story Based Aproach. The method of this study is an experimental study.
G. The Implication for this Study
Based on the theory above, the researcher will research students’ mastery of simple past tense by using the short story at SMP Puspita Bangsa. The writer
assumes that short story is one of many aids that can be used in teaching simple
past tense. After the researcher get the data and find out the problem, she will analyze the implementation of the short story weather it influences
students’ mastery of simple past tense.
H. The Hypothesis
The term hypothesis as used in research refers to a prediction of result made before a study commenced. In this study, the writer takes the hypothesis as
follow: H
a
: there is a significant difference towards students’ mastery of simple past tense
between the students who taught simple past tense by using short story and do not using short story.
H
o
: there is no significant difference toward students’ mastery of simple past tense between the students who taught simple past tense by using short story and
do not using short story.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of the design of the study, the objective of the study, the time and place of the study, the population and sample of the study. The other
aspects are the instrument of the study, the technique of collecting data, the content of intervention, the technique of data analysis and the statistical
hypothesis.
A. The Design of the Study
This study is a quasi-experimental design which is not random assignment of participants to groups.
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It consists of an experimental class and a controlled class. The experimental class uses short story as a teaching aids and the control
class only uses the materials in the English book for second grade of Junior High school.
B. The Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to find out whether there is any influence of short st
ory towards students’ mastery of simple past tense at Junior High school of Puspita Bangsa.
C. The Time and place of the study
The study is conducted at Puspita Bangsa Junior High School, Jl. Aria Putra No. 2 Ciputat. The research was carried out for a month from May 2
nd
to June 3
rd
2013.
D. The Population and Sample
The population of the study is second grade students of junior high school which is divided into three classes and consists of 128 students. Because this
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