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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE USING TIC-TAC-TOE GAME OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 7 SALATIGA
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of using a tic-tac-toe game in teaching simple present tense to seventh grade students. This study used a pre-experimental design with pre-test and post-test to measure students' learning outcomes in Simple Present Tense. The population consisted all of the seventh grade students of SMPN 7 Salatiga with a total of 221 students and the samples were taken using purposive sampling technique so that Class VII A with a total of 31 students was obtained as the experimental group. The research instruments used in this study were test questions (pre-test and post-test) consisting of 15 multiple choice questions. Based on the results of the test data analysis using an paired sample t-test, the rcalculated (2.541) is greater than the rtable (2.048), with a significance value of 0.016 < 0.05. Therefore, H₀ is rejected, and H₁ is accepted. This finding indicates that learning through the tic-tac-toe game is effective in teaching the Simple Present Tense. Keywords: Tic-Tac-Toe game, Simple Present Tense, pre-experimental, English language teaching, interactive learning.
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