The Teaching of simple present tense through cooperative leraning: the experimental study at the eighth grade students of MTs. Soebono Mantofani Ciputat

Tense is one of fundamental parts of grammar. It is the difference of English with other languages. It refers to the differences of time and changing of verbs. The inappropriate in comprehending the tense will lead us to make a mistake in understanding and producing an English sentence. The very basic tense that is learned and should be understood by the students is Simple Present Tense. The Simple Present Tense has been learned from the earlier, but it doesn�t make students easy to understand its patterns and use. It is clearly seen from the mistakes that they have made in their tasks. The inability students in comprehending the Simple Present Tenses -and also other grammar item- is because they regard it as uninteresting and difficult material to be learned. Besides, there are also some students who are not really involved in the learning process in class. For that reason teacher should find ways to overcome the problem. One of the ways is by using a variation of teaching method or technique in teaching the grammar item of simple present tense to students. One of the technique is Cooperative Learning approach with one technique of it that is Students Team Achievement Division (STAD). The Cooperative Learning is a technique used in teaching learning activity where students are put into the small groups to work and learn together in the group. By using cooperative learning, hopefully it will raise students� interest and invite them to be focus to their learning and material presented. Since learning together in a group will be more fun and easier than learning individually