IMPROVING GRAMMAR ABILITY IN TERM OF PASSIVE VOICE THROUGH JUMBLE WORD GAME AT THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA PGRI WALENRANG

ABSTRACT
Jusni, 2013. Improving Grammar Ability in Term of Passive Voice Through Jumble
Word Game at The Eleventh Year Students of SMA PGRI Walenrang.
Thesis, English Study Program Educational Department in State College for
Islamic Studies (STAIN) Palopo. Supervised by Dr. Dahlan, S.S., M.Hum.
and Madehang, S.Ag., M.Pd
Keyword: Improving, Students’ Grammar Ability, Jumble Word Game
This thesis focuses on the improvement of students` grammar ability in term
of passive voice at SMA PGRI Walenrang by Jumble Word Game. This thesis
focuses on two research questions; 1. Is the Jumble Word effective to improve
student’s grammar ability at SMA PGRI Walenrang?
2. How is the students` interest towards the use of Jumble Word Game at the
Eleventh Year Students of SMA PGRI Walenrang?
The researcher applies experimental research with pre-test and post-test
design. This research is undertaken at the eleventh year students of SMA PGRI
Walenrang. The numbers of population are 69 students and the researcher take 24
students from class IPA1
as samples using purposive sampling technique. The
researcher uses test and questionnaire as instruments of the data collection.
The result of this research shows that there are significant improvements on
students` grammar ability in term of passive voice at the eleventh year students of
SMA PGRI Walenrang after conducting the treatments through Jumble Word Games.
In which the score of ttest (31,94) is bigger than the score of ttable(2,076). It means that
jumble word game gives significant improvement to the students` grammar ability in
term of passive voice. In addition, the researcher found almost all of the students give
positively responds toward learning passive voice through Jumble Word Game.