The background of the study in this research is based on the teaching of simple past tense is necessary since it will support the students in grammar skill. To teach simple past tense, the teacher must be creative to get students do not feel bored in learning activities, especially in grammar. The teacher can use the game.
Dice game maybe is a good game to teach children, because it is interesting and challenging game for teaching grammar, especially simple past tense because the students will be taught to think creatively about their daily activity.
The objectives of the study are (1) to describe the implementations of teaching simple past tense by using dice game and (2) to find out the improvement of students’ interest of simple past tense by using dice game.
The study was conducted at the 8th Grade Students In Mts Negeri 02 Semarang in the academic year of 2011/2012. The objects of this study were the students at class VIIIE of Mts Negeri 02 Semarang.
This research is classroom action research. It is conducted Mts Negeri 02 Semarang. The subjects of this study were the students at class VIIIE of Mts Negeri 02 Semarang. The numbers of the subjects are 35 students. The techniques of data collection used by the writer are observation and written test.
The result of this study shows that implementing dice game to improve students' interest in simple past tense at the 8th Grade Students In Mts Negeri 02 Semarang in two cycles. The improvement of using dice game to improve students' interest in teaching simple past tense at 8th Grade Students in Mts Negeri 02 Semarang can be seen in learning process in every cycles. In the first cycle, the students feel difficult to apply dice game because the procedure and scoring for playing dice game are too much for students so they can not respond the material and game. Interest in student learning is the main factor goes by the learning process. Teaching simple past tense by using dice game is helpful in improving students' interest especially in simple past tense. The indicator of students' achievement in study interest in teaching simple past tense is reached 70% and the minimum score in MTs negeri 02 is 60 . In the first test, the students have finished are 17 students or amount 48.58% and the students pass in the evaluation is 18 students or amount 51.42%. In the first cycle, the students have finished is improved. There are 24 students have finished or amount 68.57%. It is improved from the pre test amount 19.89% and the students pass in evaluation are 11 students or amount 31.43%. It is more little than pre test amount 19.99%. In the second cycle, there are 31 students have finished in evaluation test or amount 88.57% and the students pass in the evaluation are 11.43%. The students in the second cycle is improved from the first test and the first cycle.