IMPROVING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF GRAMMAR THROUGH POWTOON LEARNING MEDIA

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the process of improving students’ knowledge of grammar (Simple Present Tense) through PowToon learning media. This research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 05 Medan located at Jl. Bromo Gg Aman No. 38 Tegal Sari II Medan. The subject of this research was the eighth grade students as many as 20 students of the academic year of 2022/2023. Based on the students’ score about the knowledge of grammar (simple present tense) by using PowToon learning media, students’ score keeps improving in every test. In the pre-test, the mean score was 57.66, in the first cycle test, the mean score was 74.33 and in the second cycle, the mean score of the test was 90.66. The improvement also can be seen from the percentage of the students’ simple present tense test, in pre-test, 5% of the students passed the Maximum Completeness Criteria (MCC). In the first cycle test, there were 45% of the students passing MCC, while in the second cycle test, 100% of students passing MCC. It means that applying PowToon learning media improved the students’ knowledge in simple present tense. PowToon learning media made students interested in learning process, easy to write, easy to understand the materials, and it motivated them to apply simple present tense in conversation to express their daily life routines.