THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PRESENTATION, PRACTICE, AND PRODUCTION (PPP) METHOD IN TEACHING SIMPLE PAST TENSE AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 PALUPUH IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018.
ABSTRACT FitriaUlfa T: 2311.022, “The Effectiveness of Presentation, Practice, and Production (PPP) Method in Teaching Simple Past Tense at the Second Grade students’ of SMPN 1 Palupuh in The Academic Year 2017/2018”, A Thesis, Islamic State Institute Bukittinggi, 2018. This research was done because the researcher found several problems on students’ simple past tense at the classroom in the English learning process. The phenomenon was the teacher had used the PPP method in teaching simple past butsome students do not understand the material well, they seen confused when the teacher give explanation.The students often forget about the structure of the sentences that have been taught, the teacher has applied the PPP method well in teaching grammar, but some of students do not master yet the use of the form of simple past tense. Hence, this research was done at SMP N 1 Palupuh to know whether the use of PPP method is effective or not in teaching simple past tense at the eighth grade in Junior High School number 1 Palupuh. The design of this research used descriptive quantitate. The total of sample was 28 students of second grade class. The researcher used total sampling in determining the sample, because the population of students second grade in SMP N 1 Palupuh more than 100, so the researcher took 25% of all population. The technique of data colection in this research was the questionnaire. This research used close questionnaire. To answer the questionnaire the research provided 15 options. The researcher analyzed the data used percentage for each item. The result showed inthe effectiveness of use of PPP method is effective in teaching simple past tense. It could be concluded that the percentage average of the data is 75 % between interpretation 72% -89%. So,based on the table of interpretation of the effectiveness percentage, it indicated the use of PPP method is effective in teaching simple past tense in the SMP N 1 Palupuh. ABSTRAK FitriaUlfa T, BP. 2311.022 dengan judul “Keefektifan Penggunaan Metode Presentation, Practice and Production dalam mengajarkan Simple Past Tense di Kelas 2 di SMP N 1 Palupuh”, Skripsi, IAIN Bukittinggi, 2018. Penelitian ini di latang belakangi oleh beberapa permasalahandalamsimple past tense siswadikelas dalamproses pembelajaran bahasa Inggris. Berdasarkan pengamatan, peneliti menemukan bahwa guru telah menggunakan metode Presentation, Practice and Production dalam mengajarkan simple past tense tetapi beberapa siswa tidak paham materi dengan jelas, mereka masih binggung tentang penjelasan guru, beberapa siswa sering lupa tentang pola dari kalimat yang telah di ajarkan, guru sudah menerapakan metode Presentation, Practice and Production tetapi beberapa siswa belum menguasai struktur simple past tense. Oleh karena itu, peneliti melaksanakan penelitian di SMPN 1 Palupuh untuk mengetahui apakah penggunaan metode Presentation, Practice and Production efektif atau tidak dalam mengajarkan simple past tense dikelas 2 di SMP N 1 Palupuh. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Jumlah sampel terdiri dari 28 siswa kelas dua. Peneliti menggunakan teknik secara acak karena jumlah populasi dalam penelitian ini lebih dari 100, jadi peneliti mengambil 25% dari seluruh populasi. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan angket. Peneliti menggunakan angket tertutup. Peneliti menganalisa data menggunakan persentasi untuk masing- masing item dan persentasi untuk masing-masing bagian dari variable. Berdasarkan penemuan dan analisis data dari lapangan, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan metode Presentation, Practice and Production efektif dalam mengajarkan simple past tense. Ini dapat disimpulkan dari hasil data rata-rata persentase adalah 75% dengan rentang antara72% -89%. Jadi, berdasarkan tabel interpretasi persentase efektivitas, itu menunjukkan penggunaan metode Presentation, Practice and Production efektif dalam mengajarkan simple past tense di kelas di SMP N 1 Palupuh.