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C. Other Findings

From the data, there were some students who constructed complex sentences in their writings. However, they did not know how to construct the complex sentences correctly. They put the dependent clauses as one complete thought, whereas the dependent clauses could not be apart from the independent clauses. Moreover, some of the students had constructed simple sentences correctly. However, they had not understood yet how to construct passive voice correctly. They did not change the verb into V3 in the sentences. The other finding in the research was the use of jumbled words in XB class increasing the students’ motivation to follow the class and to write the sentences enthusiastically. Based on the observation, applying of jumbled word could increase the students’ motivation to join the learning activities. Moreover, in the questionnaires, Most of the students agreed that jumbled words could motivate the students to join the learning activities and motivate them to construct sentences shown on table 4.8. Table. 4.8. Whether Jumbled Words Increased the Students’ Motivation Statements Response 11 Responses Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree Using jumbled words in the class motivates me to learn about constructing sentences. 7 63.64 4 36.36 Using jumbled words in the class motivates me to participate in the teaching and learning activities. 1 9.09 6 54.55 4 36.36 78 They wrote in the questionnaires the reasons why jumbled words motivated them to join the learning activities. It was because the technique was easy to understand 4 students, it was fun 3 students, they could construct sentences correctly 2 students, and they could understand the vocabulary that they did not know yet 1 student. Furthermore, the researcher found out that jumbled words not only help the students to construct simple sentences but also help the students to understand the tenses and enriched their’ vocabulary as well. Some of them stated in the questionnaires that the use of jumbled words could help them to understand the tenses and add new vocabulary. Hence, the use of jumbled words gave a lot of benefits in learning the language. 79

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

In this chapter, the researcher would like to present the conclusions of the research results which were obtained when the researcher conducted research in SMA Santo Mikael Sleman. Besides, she would like to give recommendations for English teacher, further researcher, and students.

A. Conclusions

The research problems are how jumbled words are applied in SMA Santo Mikael and whether jumbled words can improve the students’ ability in constructing simple sentences or not. The researcher used jumbled words as a solution to helping the students of SMA Santo Mikael grade XB to improve their ability to construct simple sentences. Jumbled words were applied as a grammar game in the class. In playing the game, the students played and learned at the same time. At the beginning, the jumbled words were applied as a group game. In the group game, the students were very active. They worked well in their group since they discussed together how to arrange the jumbled words given. They tried their best to win the game. It meant that each of them tried to think and solve the problem. After that, the jumbled words were applied as individual game. The students worked seriously and individually. They expressed themselves freely.