Developing Student’s Understanding of Degree Comparison Through Board Game at SMPN 1 Langsa

This research was conducted in order to investigated a problem to be solved by applying the suitable technique in teaching degree of comparison. One of the techniques which is used to be solved the problem is using Board game. The writer formulated the problem follow: “Can Board game develop student’s understanding in degree comparison to the second year at SMPN 1 Langsa?. The purpose of study is to find out whether using Board game can develop student’s understanding in degree comparison. The writer used experimental research as the research design. The population in this research was all of the 8thgrade student at SMPN 1 Langsa. As the sample of this research were VIII-E as experimental class and VIII-J as controlled class. And this research used test and obeservation as instrument of this research. The result of this research showed that through board game in teaching adjective degree of comparison can develop students’ grammar ability. It can be seen from the result score, the average score of pre-test in experimental class was, 48,90, while the average score of post-test was 64,54 and there was increasing in controlled class but is not too significant, from the average pre-test was 44,37 to be the average post-test 57,03. Related to the result of this research, it is showed that through board game can develop students’ understandingin using degree of comparison to the second year at SMPN 1 Langsa, and it was better than without used the game.