THE LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR THROUGH AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD (A CASE STUDY IN KUMON EFL RANGGONG, MAKASSAR)

Abstract

This study aimed to improve the students’ ability in using Simple Present Tense and Simple PastTense,and to reveal the other factors that affect the students’ ability in using both tenses.The writer used two methods of collecting data to achieve the purpose,therewere library research and field research. In the field research,the writer found that the population of this study was 22 students of Kumon EFL Ranggong, and took 5 students as the samples of  this thesis to do the pre-test and post-test concerning the use of Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense. Inanalyzing the data, the writer used descriptive quantitative method that focused on the numeric description of the test result, there were four steps of work procedures, and also used descriptive qualitative method that focused on students’learning process description. The result of this research shows that the improvement between the pre- test and the post-testis 46%, this result is obtained from th ecalculation of students’ mean scores. The students’ mean score in thep  re-testis 54% and Students’mean score in the post- testis 100%. The data from the interview with the assistants show that the students’ mean score isimproved since their learning habit by usinga udio-lingual method is also improved. It means that the use of the Audio-Lingual method in learning the Simple Present Tenses and the Simple Past Tense is effective.