THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ROLLING BALL MEDIA ON STUDENT GRAMMAR UNDERSTANDING AT EIGHT GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Grammar Understanding, Rolling Ball Media, Simple Past Tense

Abstract

The research implemented Rolling Ball media in teaching grammar, the aim of this research was to test the effectiveness of Rolling Ball media on students' level of grammar understanding. Apart from that, the researcher chose a quantitative approach, namely quasi-experimental research with a non-equivalent control group design which includes two classes (experimental class and control class). with pretest and posttest, researchers implemented this research on class VIII students of SMPNU Al-Hidayah Maduran for the 2023/2024 academic year. Furthermore, the researchers found from the test results that students in the experimental class got higher scores than students in the control class. The t-test results show that Asmp-sig (2-tailed) 0.000 < 0.05. Finally, the researcher concluded that class VIII at SMPNU Al-Hidayah Maduran showed a significant increase in understanding grammar after students received learning using Rolling Ball media.