Teaching Simple Present Tense by Using TGT

The aims of the study are to find out if the use of TGT can improve the first year students’ ability of MTsN 7 Aceh Besar in mastering simple present tense and to find out how are students of MTsN 7 Aceh Besar responses about Team Game Tournament (TGT) in improving simple present tense. This study is conducted by using quantitative research in case of experimental teaching. The result of the study shows that the score of post-test of experimental group (72.5) and control group is (53.7), since the post-test of experimental group higher the post-test of control groupso the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that the students of MTsN 7 Aceh Besar who are taught simple present tense by using TGT get better result than those who are taught simple present tense without using TGT. Based the result of the study, the teachers should apply TGT in teaching simple present tense because it can improve the students’ ability in mastering simple present tense and it is more effective than common ways.