The Effect Of English Grammar Test Application On Students’ Grammar Mastery Of Simple Past Tense At The Eighth Grade Of Junior High School

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The objective of this study is to find out whether there is a significant effect
of English Grammar Test (EGT) application on students’ grammar mastery of
simple past tense at the eighth grade of Junior High School. Quantitative research
method with quasi-experimental design was used in this research. It was conducted
at the eighth grade of MTs. Islamiyah Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau. The population
consisted of 60 students from two classes. Using saturation sampling method, the
two classes namely VIII-A and VIII-B were selected as the sample of this study
with each class consisted of 30 students. Furthermore, VIII-A class was selected as
control class and VIII-B class as experimental. In collecting the data, multiple
choice and “fill in the blank” test forms were used in this study. The tests were then
distributed in two ways; 1. Pre-test was distributed before the treatment: 2. Posttest was distributed after the treatment. Furthermore, the data was analyzed by using
statistical formulation and Microsoft Excel 2013 with 0,05 significance level. After
the data was analyzed, it can be found that the value of tobserved was higher than ttable.
It can be seen from tobserved (3,839) > ttable (2,001) at the degree of freedom (df) = 58.
It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (H0)
was rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that English Grammar Test application
gives significant effect on students’ grammar mastery of simple past tense at the
eighth grade of MTs. Islamiyah Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau.

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