THE EFFECT OF USING CALL AND TASK-BASED LEARNING IN TEACHING GRAMMAR FOR THE 10TH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK INFORMATIKA UTAMA

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  • Sodikin .

Abstract

The research is aimed to find out whether or not the use of CALL was significant in teaching grammar for the tenth year students of SMK. This research was done in the second semester to the tenth grade of SMK Infromatika Utama Depok, there are two classes involved and each class consisted of 30 students. The data was obtained by doing the pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was done to know that the grammar ability from both classes was same, and post-test was done to know the effect of treatment has been given to the students. The data was counted by using t-test in SPSS 17 for windows, and must be > 0.05 because it is the minimum score to show the effectiveness of the treatment. After doing the research, the findings of the research concludes that the effectiveness of using CALL method in teaching grammar has a great percentage of outcome and it can be used in teaching grammar for the tenth year students of SMK. In other words, there is a great effect to the students in understanding the grammar after the implementation of the teaching program. Based on the research, it can be stated that CALL method is great to use for teaching grammar for the tenth year students of SMK, and it is suggested for the teachers to apply CALL for teaching and learning grammar. However, all teachers should comprehend in using and operating the computer and other facilities that owns by the school for teaching and learning grammar.

 

Key words: Teaching grammar, task-based learning, CALL

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Published

2012-12-02