TEACHING PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE THROUGH ACTION CHARADES GAME AT THE FIRST (1st) SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 SABBANG (A Classroom Action Research)

ABSTRACT
Nurdin T. Sulviani, 2013. “Teaching Present Continuous Tense Through Action
charades game at the First (1st) Semester of the Eighth Year Students of
SMP Negeri 3 Sabbang”. Under the Supervisor (I) Dr.Rustan,
S.,M.Hum., (II) Dr. Masruddin Asmid, S.S.,M.Hum.
Key Words: Teaching Present Continuous Tense, Action Charades game, SMPN 3
Sabbang.
This thesis deals with teaching present continuous tense at the Eighth year
of SMPN 3 Sabbang through action charades game. The main discussion what is
appropriate way in using action charades games in order to develop students’ ability
in forming present continuous tense at the Eighth year students of SMPN 3 Sabbang?
This research focused on the use of action charades game in teaching present
continuous tense at the eighth year students of SMPN 3 Sabbang who were in
2012/2013 academic years. This research applied a Classroom Action Research with
two cycles; they are cycle I and cycle II. Each cycle consist of four step, namely
planning, action, observation, and reflection. There were two meetings during the
researcher cycle. The sample of this study was class VIIIb consist 23 students.
The aproppriate way of using action charades game in order to develop
students’ ability in forming present continuous tense at the Eighth year students of
SMPN 3 Sabbang as follows: 1) give the students more motivation in order to be
active in teaching and learning process. 2) more explain again and give many
examples about the material (present continuous tense). 3) the students must
cooperative/ shared one others in their group. 4) give change to the students for
express their difficulties in teaching process and shared their knowledge about the
meterial. 5) group the students in little group (5 students in a group). 6) give reward
(present) to the students who has high score the succesful and the most active
students; so thestudents can motivation in teaching process. 7) observe the students’
activities in the classroom more intense.
In collecting of data, the researcher was using grammar test and observation to
know students’ ability in teaching grammar, especially in teaching present continuous
tense by using action charades game. In this part, the students answer some questions
on paper by researcher. From the technique above, the result data of students’ score in
cycle II was better than the cycle I scores. The students showed a great enthusiasm,
fun and interest during the lesson. The mean score of cycle II is 75.86 and the
percentage of observation 95.64%. The students’ understanding in teaching grammar
was increasing after they got reflection. It means that the application of action
charades game method in teaching present continuous tense was effective and good
responds.