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CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusion
After finding out the result and analyzing the data of research about the teaching simple past tense through Audio Lingual Method to the second grade
students of SMP Islam Al-Fajar Kedaung-Pamulang, it can be summarized that by using t-test at the level of significance 5, is got t
o
is bigger than t
table
, that is t
o
= 47.4 t
table
= 1.99, it shows that there is a significant difference between the students‟ score in teaching simple past tense by using Audio Lingual
Method and Grammar Translation Method. It can be seen from means score of the two classes, mean of the class with Audio Lingual Method is 70 and mean
of the class with Grammar Translation Method is 65. From the explanation above, it
can be concluded that the students‟ score in teaching simple past tense by using Audio Lingual Method is higher than the
students‟ score in teaching simple past tense by using Grammar Translation Method. It means that the Null Hypothesis H
o
is rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis H
a
is accepted. Thus, there is positive significant different between the teaching simple past tense using Audio Lingual Method and using
Grammar Translation Method.
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B. Suggestions
1. Based on the above conclusion, Audio Lingual Method has provided a positive influence to students through its habit formation, so the teachers
may use the Audio Lingual Method in teaching grammar as an alternative method.
2. The teachers should be able to create a good atmosphere or situation during teaching learning process in the classroom in order to get students
attentions as their interest to. 3.
The teachers should connect to the topic with the students‟ own experience. This is one of the characteristics of an effective teacher.
4. The teacher can use any media that supports the teaching learning process in order to make it more interesting and effective.
5. The teacher also should be creative in using Audio Lingual Method in the classroom because successful language learning is depends on the teacher
technique to use Audio Lingual Method, since the teacher is the fundamental classroom aid to language learning.