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Kamis, 15 Oktober 2015

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PICTURES AS MEDIA IN TEACHING WRITING ON THE STUDENTS ABILITY IN ORGANIZING PARAGRAPH TEXT AT SCHOOL


THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PICTURES AS MEDIA IN TEACHING WRITING ON THE STUDENTS ABILITY IN ORGANIZING PARAGRAPH TEXT AT SCHOOL
CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION
A.    Background of Study

English is the first foreign language in Indonesia, which is taught from elementary level to university level. English is also intensively used in international communication, in written as well as in spoken communication. In addition, many books of science, technology, art and other published issues are written in English. In English language, there are integrated skills to be mastered such as: speaking, listening, reading and writing. As Haycraft states (1978; 8) that there are various skills in mastering language: respective skill, listening (understanding the spoken language), reading (understanding the written language), and productive skills-speaking and writing. 
In related to the written language, writing is a means of communicating ideas and informationwhich are related to the thinking process and expression of ideas in written form. It is important for the students to express their ideas and opinions. Writing is a complex activity. There are several process, mental and physical being carrier at the same time. Morsey in Tarigan (1986: 4) states that writing is used by educated people to persuade and influence other people. The objectives like those can be received well by the people who can arrange their ideas and ???????

Selasa, 13 Oktober 2015

THE USE OF SYNECTIC COMPARISON STRATEGY IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT (SCHOOL)


THE USE OF SYNECTIC COMPARISON STRATEGY IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT (SCHOOL)
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
A.      Background
Teaching English in our country has been developed extensively because English is an international language in the world. Therefore, Indonesian government has brought it as a local since at the elementary school. In teaching English vocabulary as an element or language is considered as the most important factor in increasing the mastered if the students are still lacking of vocabulary. Vocabulary is a part of language learning that need continuing growth and development by both native and non native speakers long after grammar and pronunciation elementary school until senior high Scholl. In language teaching preparation program in our country, more and attention being given to improve some technique for teaching vocabulary.
Learning vocabulary as a foreign language seems easy but some students feel fear. The teacher of English should find out solution by crating efficient and effective technique of teaching in teaching English vocabulary, besides that, the teachers should establish condition which makes teaching vocabulary possible. The learning will occur within reasonable period of time.
Realizing how important the vocabulary and how difficult students to build up the teachers of English have provided students with rich exciting exercise which are expected to help vocabulary mush be very helpful to improve the students’ ability in English communication. Allen (1997:149) says that vocabulary??????

Minggu, 11 Oktober 2015

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PREDICTING STRATEGY OF THE TENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA


IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PREDICTING STRATEGY OF THE TENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA
CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION
A.       Background

English as a world language plays an important role in the development of science and technology. Many scientific articles or books in general are written in English. That demands those who are involved in any particular field to be able to understand the English written materials to group information and knowledge. English involve four language skills namely, speaking, listening, writing and reading.
Reading is about understanding written texts. It is a complex activity that involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of two related processes: word recognition and comprehension. Word recognition refers to the process of perceiving how written symbols correspond to one’s spoken language. Comprehension is the process of making sense of words, sentences and connected text. Readers typically make use of background knowledge, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, experience with text and other strategies to help them understand written text. Much of what we know about reading is based on studies.
Reading as one of the language skill is very important in language teaching and learning process but, it is not easy to do. Those skills must be taught integrated as much as possible. The priority of teaching English in school is reading because it can cover three other