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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
interest,
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Prof. Dr. Khairil Anwar, Kurikulum 2013 untuk Tingkat Sekolah Menengah
Pertama/Madrasah Tsanawiyah, (Jakarta: PT. Binatama Raya, 2013), p. 7.
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some students think that grammar a boring subject, and the students got
difficulty in memorizing form of regular and irregular verbs.
Teaching method in explaining the materials could cause students
difficulties in using the correct structure of simple past tense. In other words,
the Indonesian students may find difficulties in memorizing irregular verbs.
This might be because the students are influenced by teaching method.
Based on the situation of learning simple past tense in that school, the
writer thinks that it is important to create suitable techniques related to
students‟ condition. The teachers have to make the correct way for students to
make them not only get the material, but also can appropriate method. The
students need to be delivered a technique that makes them intended to learn
actively in learning simple past tense. In this research, the writer will use
cooperative learning by using jigsaw technique as an alternative way in
teaching simple past tense.
Cooperative Learning is not a new idea in education. There are a few
teachers use this method. In cooperative learning, students make a small
group and work together to meet common goals. The students can interact
with each other to acquire and practice a subject. Cooperative learning
principles and techniques are tools which teachers use to encourage mutual
helpfulness in the groups and the active participation of all members.
There are many techniques in Cooperative Learning but the writer
chooses jigsaw technique in teaching simple past tense. In jigsaw technique,
students are assigned to five or six member study teams. Materials are
presented to the students in text form, and each student is responsible for
learning the material. Then, when the students finish learning material in
expert team, they have to return to their home teams and teach other members
what they have learned.
The writer assumes that jigsaw technique is one of the techniques which
can improve the students‟ achievement and will enable students to
comprehend the material more easily, because the students in jigsaw
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B. Identification of Problems
Based on the background of the study about the effectiveness of jigsaw
technique in teaching simple past tense, the writer identify some condition
that promote the research problems these are:
1. The students have low score in grammar.
2. Teacher‟s method in learning simple past tense makes the students less of
motivation or interest.
3. Some students think of grammar as boring subject.
4. The students difficult in memorizing form of regular and irregular verbs.
C. Limitation of Problem
To avoid misunderstanding in interpreting the study, it is important to set
some limitation of the problems. The writer limits the study on the teaching
English that concerns on regular and irregular verbs of simple past tense by
using jigsaw technique at grade VIII.A and VIII.B of SMPN 3 Padang Bolak.
D. Formulation of Problem
The writer formulates the research question as follows: “Is the jigsaw
technique effective to improve students‟ ability in simple past tense?”
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This theoretical framework consists of two parts. The first part is simple past
tense which covers the definition of simple past tense, the use of simple past
tense, and regular and irregular verbs. The second part is cooperative learning
which covers the definition of cooperative learning, the elements of cooperative
learning, the principles of cooperative learning, and the definition of jigsaw
technique.
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Betty Azar Schrampfer, Understanding and Using English Grammar, (New Jersey: Prentice
Hall Regents, 1989), p. 24.
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A.S. Hornby, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary International Student’s Edition,
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 1248.
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Marcella Frank, Modern English: Exercise for Non-native Speakers, Part I: Parts of
Speech, (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997), p. 49.
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Kam Chuan Aik and Kam Kai Hui, Longman Dictionary of Grammar and Usage,
(Singapore: Longman, 1992), p. 297.
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Elaine Kim and Darcy Jack, Interactions 1 Grammar, (New Jersey: prentice-Hall, Inc,
1989), p. 24.
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a. Regular Verbs
Regular verbs are the simple past and past participle ends in –
ed7. Regular verbs have predictable past tense forms, –d or –ed is
added to the end of the base form8. From this definition the writer
argues that regular verb is easy to change because verb of the past
tense end in –ed. The following Table 2.1 is the list with past tense
and past participle forms of regular verbs:
Table 2.1
The List with Past Tense and Past Participle Forms of Regular
Verbs
Past Participle
Base Form Past Tense Form
Form
Walk Walked Walked
Love Loved Loved
Ask Asked Asked
Play Played Played
Help Helped Helped
Wash Washed Washed
Finish Finished Finished
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Betty Azar Schrampfer, loc. cit.
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Kam Chuan Aik and Kam Kai Hui, loc. cit.
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b. Irregular Verbs
According to Betty, irregular verbs are the simple past and past
participles do not end in –ed9. A small number of verbs, among them
some of the most commonly used verbs in the language, have forms
that differ from the regular tense forms shown in the paradigms we
have given earlier10. In order to use the tense forms of these irregular
verbs, the speaker of English must know their “principal parts”.
The first principal part of the verb is the simple form of the verb.
The second principal part is the past tense. The third principal part is
the past participle. And the fourth principal part, if it is given, is the
present participle.
The writer identifies that irregular verb is more difficult than
regular verb because the change of verb of each principal part is
different. Verb of four principal parts must be remembered because
there is no rule in changing verb. The following Table 2.2 is the list
with past tense and past participle forms of irregular verbs:
Table 2.2
The List with Past Tense and Past Participle Forms of Irregular
Verbs
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Betty Azar Schrampfer, loc. cit.
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Ibid., p. 7.
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B. Cooperative Learning
1. Definition of Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning is a technique where students study in a group
and each group consists of five or six members. The students will active
and participate in the group.
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Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya, Methodology in Language Teaching: An
Anthology of Current Practice, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. 52.
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Ibid.
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Diane Larsen Freeman, Technique and Principles in Language Teaching, (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 167-168.
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is very important because the students can help each other in learning the
materials and the students are not thinking competitively. There are two
principles of cooperative learning 14:
a. Positive interdependence – „We sink or swim together’
This requires each pupil in a small group to contribute to the learning
of the group. Pupils are required to work in a way so that each group
member needs the others to complete the task. It is a feeling of „one
for all and all for one‟. The writer gets the meaning of positive
interdependence that the students study in the groups and each
student must help the group to comprehend the material.
b. Individual accountability – „No Hitchhiking!’
This means that each member of the group is accountable for
completing his or her part of the work. It is important that no one can
„hitchhike‟ on the work of others. It requires each pupil in the group
to develop a sense of personal responsibility to learn and to help the
rest of the group to learn also. The writer gets the meaning of
individual accountability that each student in a group learns or
completes part of the task so every student has responsibility to help
or explain the material to their group.
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Wendy Jolliffe, Cooperative Learning in the Classroom: Putting it into practice, (London:
Cornwell Press, 2007), p. 3.
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C. Jigsaw Technique
1. Definition of Jigsaw Technique
In cooperative learning, there are many techniques used in teaching
and learning process. One of the cooperative learning techniques is
Jigsaw. Jigsaw is a cooperative learning technique in which students
teach part of the regular curriculum to a small group of their peers. The
classroom teacher divides a lesson into five or six parts and gives one
part of the lesson to each student in a jigsaw group of five or six
students15. The writer assumes that jigsaw is a technique that students
learn in a small group and each student has one part of the material.
Based on the explanation above, it can be seen that jigsaw technique
is study in small group.
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Joel M. Moskowitz, Janet H. Malvin, Gary A Schaeffer, and Eric Schamps, Evaluation of
Jigsaw, a Cooperative Learning Technique, American Educational Research Journal, 20, 1985, p.
104-105.
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Ibid.
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the unit is completed, the students are tested and they each receive a
grade based upon their own test performance17. It means that jigsaw
group is fun because each student share information and help the group
to understand the material. And also the students get a score based on
their group performance so the students encourage to do the best in their
own test performance.
This contrasts with other cooperative learning techniques in which
student receive a grade based upon their group performance. By using
Jigsaw, student cooperation is promoted by structuring student
interdependence through the learning task rather than through the grading
system18. The writer identifies that in jigsaw technique the students have
responsibility to teach and explain their own task so member of the group
easily to comprehend the lesson.
Based on the explanation above, it can be seen that each student
become expert in his/her own task so they can help each other. And the
students get a score based on their group performance.
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Ibid., p. 13.
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Ibid.
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In this study, jigsaw technique is used to teach simple past tense. This is
the way how to apply the jigsaw technique in teaching simple past tense19:
1. Divide students into 5 or 6 person jigsaw groups. The groups should be
diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity, race, and ability.
2. Appoint one student from each group as the leader. Initially, this person
should be the most mature student in the group.
3. Divide the day's lesson into 5-6 segments.
4. Assign each student to learn one segment, making sure students have
direct access only to their own segment.
5. Give students time to read over their segment at least twice and become
familiar with it. There is no need for them to memorize it.
6. Form temporary "expert groups" by having one student from each jigsaw
group join other students assigned to the same segment. Give students in
these expert groups time to discuss the main points of their segment and
to rehearse the presentations they will make to their jigsaw group.
7. Bring the students back into their jigsaw groups.
8. Ask each student to present her or his segment to the group. Encourage
others in the group to ask questions for clarification.
9. Float from group to group, observing the process. If any group is having
trouble (e.g., a member is dominating or disruptive), make an appropriate
intervention. Eventually, it's best for the group leader to handle this task.
Leaders can be trained by whispering an instruction on how to intervene,
until the leader gets the hang of it.
10. At the end of the session, give a quiz on the material so that students
quickly come to realize that these sessions are not just fun and games but
really count.
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Elliot Aronson, Jigsaw Classroom, 2000, Retrieved 6 April 2014 from
http://www.jigsaw.org/steps.htm.
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E. Relevant Study
In this research, the writer summarizes the relevant study to prove the
originality of the research.
1. The first research was conducted by Galuh Kartika Prabandari. In this
study, she conducted about improving students‟ mastering simple past
tense through cooperative learning of Student Team Achievement
Division (STAD) type at the second grade of SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan
academic year 2011/2012. The research question of this study are “Can
STAD improve students‟ effort to master Simple Past Tense?” and “How
extend do the students‟ master simple past tense through Cooperative
Learning of STAD type. The method of this study is Classroom Action
Research (CAR). The classroom action research design applied in this
study is a collaborative classroom action research. The result of this
study showed that there is improvement of students‟ mastery on simple
past tense by using cooperative learning of Student Team Achievement
Division (STAD) Type20.
2. The second research was conducted by Leni Mandasari. This research is
aimed to describe the effectiveness of Story Based Approach in learning
the simple past tense at the eight grade students of SMPN 3 South-
Tangerang. The research question of this study is “Is there any significant
difference in the achievement of the students‟ English grammar
especially in the simple past tense taught by using story based
approach?” Method of this study is an experimental study, the control
class was taught by using CTL and the experimental class was taught by
using SBA. The result of this study showed that here is significance
influence in teaching the simple past tense by using SBA21.
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Galuh Kartika Prabandari, “Improving Students‟ Mastering Simple Past Tense through
Cooperative Leraning of Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) Type”, Skripsi Universitas
Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2012, unpublished.
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Leni Mandasari, “The Effectiveness of Story Based Approach in Learning the Simple Past
Tense”, Skripsi Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2012, unpublished.
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F. Thinking Framework
Since grammar needs to be integrated into language skills, teachers need
to have knowledge of various kinds of techniques in teaching and learning
English. The students of Junior High School are conveyed to learn some
tenses including simple past tense.
The simple past indicates that an event, activity or situation happen at a
particular time in the past. The simple past tense is related to narrative and
recount text. The students must study simple past tense because mastering
simple past tense would help the foreign language learners to be better
understood in using English.
In learning simple past tense using jigsaw technique, the students are
assumed very active and easy to learn simple past because they study together
in a group. Jigsaw technique as one kind of techniques provides students to
study in group and interact with each other to acquire and practice simple past
tense.
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Hizbullah, “Teaching Simple Past Tense by Using Cooperative Learning”, Skripsi
Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2010, unpublished.
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G. Hypothesis
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James H. McMillan and Sally Schumacher, Research in Education-6th ed., (Boston: Pearson
Education, 2006), p. 273.
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Drs. Ibnu Hajar, M.Ed, Dasar-dasar Metodologi Penelitian Kuantitatif dalam Pendidikan,
(Jakarta: PT.Raja Grafindo persada, 1999), p. 137.
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E. Instrument
The instrument of this research is test. The test is divided into pre-test
and post-test. The pre-test is conducted in the first meeting, before the
treatment and the post-test is conducted in the last meeting, after the
treatment. The test consists of 30 items of multiple choices.
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9. Determining t0 with the formula:
H. Statistical Hypothesis
To prove the hypothesis, the data that is obtained from the experiment class and
control class is calculated by using t-test formula with the assumption as follows:
1. If t0 > ttable:
The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. It
means there is there is effective of using jigsaw technique in teaching simple
past tense at grade VIII of MTs Al-Ikhwan.
2. If t0 < ttable:
The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is rejected and the null hypothesis is accepted. It
means there is no effective of using jigsaw technique in teaching simple past
tense at grade VIII of MTs Al-Ikhwan.
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