The Effectiveness of Grammar Smash English

Mobile Application to Enhance Students’ Grammar

Mastery on Simple Past Tense for The First Grade
Students of SMA Negeri 1 Kuantan Mudik

PROPOSAL
LARA HARDI
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 Background
Chapter I:
Introduction 1. Grammar is the one of important
elements in English.
• Widyaningsih et al., 2020, p 2

2. Most of students assume that grammar is

very difficult, terrifying and complex

3. Use the technology –based environment

in learning

• Ghavifekr & Rosdy in Hashim et

al, 2019, p. 43
• Dewi et al., 2020, p. 16
 Identification of Problem
1. The media that teachers use in teaching grammar is not interesting for
the students

2. The method used by the teachers is still not enough to make students
understand grammar material

3. The students could not determine and arrange the correct sentence in
simple past tense

4. Most of students got low marks in grammar test due to the limited
ability in grammar

5. The school curriculum does not provide sufficient grammar material

Limitation of The using of
learning
the Problem media

The effectiveness of the use

Grammar Smash English
mobile application to enhance
students grammar mastery on
simple past tense
Research Questions

1. Is the Grammar Smash English mobile

application effective to enhance
students’ grammar mastery on simple
past tense?

2. Is there any significant difference of

students’ grammar mastery on simple
past tense before and after using
Grammar Smash English mobile
application in first grade of SMA
Negeri 1 Kuantan Mudik?
 1. To find out whether Grammar Smash
English mobile application is effective
to enhance students’ grammar
mastery on simple past tense or not

Research 2. To find out whether there is any

Objectives significant difference of students’
grammar mastery on simple past
tense before and after using Grammar
Smash English mobile application in
first grade of SMA Negeri 1 Kuantan
Mudik or not
Significance of
the Research
Can give the valuable information for the readers who wants to
Theoretically increase their grammar skill by using mobile application called
Grammar Smash English

The students, The English Teacher and the future researchers

Practically
 Definition Of the Key Terms

Mobile
Assisted Grammar
Simple Past
Grammar Enhance Tense
Language Smash
Learning English
(MALL)

Hornby in Oxford Betty in Valarmathi

Sahila dictionary Sahila in Hashim
(2019) (2019) et al (2017)
Chapter II:
LITERATURE REVIEW
 Theoretical Framework
Mobile
Senior High Grammar
Simple Past Assisted
Grammar School Smash
Tense Language
Students English
Learning

Definition of Definition of
The definition of Senior High
Grammar Simple Past
School Students
Tense

Teaching The Pattern of

Grammar Simple Past
Tense

The Importance
of Grammar
 Relevant Research

1. Dewi et al (2020): Quizziz Effect on Students’ Grammar

Mastery in High EFL Classroom Based Mobile Assisted
Language Learning (MALL)
2. Sahila (2019) : The effectiveness of English Tenses Android
Application to Improve Student’ Grammar in Simple Past
Tense
3. Prawira & Mukhaiyar (2018): The Use of Kahoot in Teaching
Grammar for Second Year Students at SMA Pembangunan
Laboratorium UNP
 Conceptual Framework

The Effectiveness of
Grammar Smash
English Mobile Control Class Manual Media
Application to
Enhance Students’
Grammar Mastery
Posttest Result
on Simple Past Pretest
Tense for the First
Grade Student of
SMA Negeri 1
Experimental Grammar Smash
Kuantan Mudik
Class English
 
Hypothesis

There is no significant impact of using

Grammar Smash English on students’
grammar ability at SMA N 1 Kuantan
Mudik

There is significant impact of using

Grammar Smash English on students’
grammar ability at SMA N 1 Kuantan
Mudik
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Quantitative Study→Experimental Research→ Quasi-
experimental design→Non-Equivalent Control Group
Design

Experimental O1 X O2
Control O1 O2
 Research Setting

SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik

Population & Sample

Population : X IPA (108 students)

Sample: Cluster Sampling
 Data Collection Method

Written Test

Validity Test Reliability Test

Data Collection
Procedure

Pre-test Post-test

Treatment
Data Analysis
Method

Normality T-test

Homogeneity
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