Applying Group Work to Improve Student’s Grammar Achievements

Grammar is one of the English language elements which is very important to be mastered in all skill of language such as speaking, reading, and writing. In English learning subject, teacher emphasizes student to be focus best on grammar if they want to master English. However, many students still low in grammar skill. They felt that learning grammar is difficult. Students tend to be passive because of the way teacher brings the material is monotonous. The aim of this paper is to find out the increase of students’ achievement in learning past tense grammar by applying group work. This study used a descriptive quantitative research. The sample of this study was 40 students by using purposive sampling. The instrument of this study was an instructional past tense test that consisted of 40 items. The procedure of collecting data used test distribution and analysis data. The finding showed that students had high achievement in grammar through group work learning. It was indicated by the mean score was 5.58 at pre-test, it meant that the students’ grammar ability was in Low criteria, and then the mean score became 7.55 at post-test, it meant that the students’ grammar ability was in High criteria. It means that applying group work improves students’ grammar achievement significantly.