Place and Time Population and Sample

Table 3.1 The Validity of the Instrument StandarKomp etensi Kompetensi Dasar Skill Indikator Nomor Soal Mengungkap kan makna dalam teks tulis fungsional dan esei pendek sederhana berbentuk simple past tense untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkunganse kitar Mengungka pkan makna dan langkah retrotika dalam esei pendek sederhana dengan menggunak an ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat. lancar dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar berbentuk simple past tense Grammar Writing Siswa mampu mengide ntifikasi keterang an waktu past tense berdasar kan konteks kalimatp ercakapa n Siswa mampu membuat kalimat sederhan a dalam bentuk simple past tense dengan benar. 15. When I came to Nina’s house _________. she was watching Harry Potter. a. tomorrow b. last Sunday c. next Sunday d. now 11. My mother and I - in – 1 2 bought – the market – 3 4 Some vegetables – 5 Yesterday morning. 6 7 a. 1-2-4-3-6-5-7 b. 1-2-4-5-3-6-7 c. 1-3-2-4-5-6-7 d. 1-3-5-2-4-6-7 This table is taken from the English syllabus for eighth grade of Junior High school. The writer made the questions based on the students’ book that used in the classroom. There are some indicators of arranging questions of Simple Past Tense. These following indicators were used by the writer to make instruments of this study as follow: Table 3.2 Indicators in making instrument. Indicators for Simple Past Tense 1. Siswa mampu mementukan:  pola to be past tense dalam kalimat  pola negative past tense dalam kalimat  pola interrogative past tense dalam kalimat.  pola regular dan irregular dalam kalimat 2. Siswa mampu menyusun kalimat acak menjadi pola kalimat simple past tense dengan benar

E. Technique of Collecting Data

Pre-test and post test were given to collect the data. Pre-test was given before the treatment and post-test was given after the treatment. And for the treatment, in the experiment class, the writer firstly selected the six of students who get the highest score of the pre – test. The selected students who get the highest score then be trained by the writer. The writer taught them after the school. The materials were about simple past tense. The 3 days training of review and practice includes giving students opportunity to practice in pairs after the procedures were modeled. After three times of training program and the students are ready to teach the other friends in the classroom, then the peer tutoring program in the classroom was started. In the controlled class, the writer taught simple past tense using Grammar Translation Method in which she explained the patterns of the simple past and then