The use of idioms in the students essay (Descriptive)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.  Background

English as the language that has many complexities to understand in understanding English there is one thing that is usually found difficult both in reading and speaking namely idiom. Idiom is only one component of figurative or non-literal language.  Dixon (1983: XI) states idioms are accepted as part of simple every day speech. Experienced teacher of English have long recognized their imfortance as a mean of adding grace and exactness to speech and writing. Defines idioms are expression a meaning different from of individual meaning of the parts component.  While Hornby in Muslimin Ramly (2005: 4) states that an idiom is a phrase sentences that meaning is not obvious through knowledge of the individual

meaning of the constituent words but must be learn as a whole. Vicker (2005) states idioms are parts of our everyday language and most of people have a large repertoire upon which to draw for daily interaction. Although, English idioms are important in learning a language but many language teachers do not realize it most of English teachers concentrate on in teaching of grammar rather than English idioms. Achsin and Mufaisah in Umi Fahmianita (2002: 2) presume that English idiom is the most neglected aspect in teaching and learning English. And many books have been written on grammar but not many about teaching English idiom to non-native speaker learners, this condition can also help students on using the English idiom.

The truly real that most of the people found many difficulties in learning idioms not only some students but also the teacher usually found confuse  because of idiom inside it, including grammatical construction uniqueness to certain people, region. The students may learn grammar and vocabulary but without a working knowledge of such idioms turn of, turn on, to look over, to call up etc. Their speech will remain awkward and stilted. Of course, the idioms choose for study should be well writing the students’ graphs and of practical value. Jennings (2005) says that an expression whose meaning is hot predictable from the usual meaning of its constituent element. A language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to people. A construction or expression of one of language whose part of correspond to elements in another language matched in the same the second language

Some problems are faced by the students of any language in determining the meaning of idioms are the structure, the meaning, which and where the idioms used. The students sometimes use English idioms in their speaking and writing, but not all of them understand its????????????

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IMPROVING WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL (PWIM) (PENELITIAN TINDAKAN KELAS)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.      Background

English, as a worldwide language, plays an important role in the development of science and technology. English as foreign language involves four skills, namely: speaking, writing, reading and listening. In teaching English, those skills must be taught interestedly as much a possible. These component can not be separated because they are important taught integrated. Gunnarsson (1997:5) states speaking, writing, reading and listening overlap one another and in some cases certain learning in one progression is a prerequisite for learning in another. The interrelationship between them also mean that no one strand should be considered on its own.

In Indonesia, English is taught as a foreign language and become a compulsory subject focusing

from the elementary school up to university levels.

As we know English teaching used in elementary school up to university levels, are : oral and written. Oral communication is a two way process between speaker and listener (or listen) and involve the productive skill of speaking and receptive skill of understanding (or listening with understanding).

In listening comprehension, we don’t only need to involve any overt responses on the part of the students; on the other hand dictation involves the ability not only to understand a sequence of text read aloud but also to reproduce it in writing.

Zemach and Islam (2006:1) states writing is an important form of communication in day-to-day life. Writing is also one of the most difficult skills to master both first language and second language. Students can find it challenging to find ideas to include in their writing.

Some researchers have shown that the result of the students writing at school is still poor, especially in writing paragraph. The students often make errors in grammar, such as errors in the choice of tenses, nouns pronouns and vocabulary. It was happen because they are rarely done in writing exercise.

One reason for learning to write is to transmit ideas to other people, especially those who are at a distance of space.  In learning language, writing helps the students reinforce the grammatical structure, idioms and vocabulary. When the students write, they also have change to be adventurous with the language, to go beyond that have just learned to say, to take a risk. In other words,  they become involved with the language.

There are some factors that influence the student’s ability to write. These are the vocabulary, the interest on the topic given, the interest of students in learning writing, the time to teach writing in English course and the techniques. So that the students can improve their ideas into good writing. In English writing many techniques can be applied as West in Tan ( 2009: 4) states that the teacher vary in the techniques they applied in teaching writing and students differ in their learning. Free writing exercise helps the students generate, organize and express their ideas in their own sentences by making a paragraph of letter and a long composition or essay. In grade one and two, the students are?>??????????????

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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH QUESTIONING TEAHNIQUE (CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

 

A.    Background

         The language teaching deals with the four skills of language namely, speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The priority of teaching English in school is reading because it can cover the three other skills. Reading skills involves the three other skills: listening, speaking, and writing.

              Based on Curriculum mount set of education one of aims study language English in junior high school is improving communicative skill in English language during the type oral although writing. Communication skill is cover speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The four competences are hope the able draw up and supply the student of junior high school for continue stage level education.

             The use of curriculum adult the orientation at competence, that mean the student demand own certain competence or proficiency as the result process study in the school. Competence always calls

curriculum mount set of education. Competence is general skill dominate, because graduated or level education. However during action process study language English in SMP Negeri 2 Bulukumpa, especially eighth A, the teacher always discovers difficulties experience achieves to the situation based competence. This case, the causes during answer the question, the student not able answer the question with right.

One of cause, less right during answer the question, because less questioning technique to give from the teacher and focus study at the teacher with the result that interaction active accompany students with the teacher or the student with the student seldom occur, beside that, study process have the quality monotonous, use still method conventional, the teacher deliver material only speech, give example question and the next carry out??????????

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BUILDING UP STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH SEQUENCES OF PICTURES (QUASI-EXXPERIMENTAL)

CHAPTER I 

INTRODUCTION

A.      Background

English is one of the major languages in the world used by more than three hundred and seventy millions people today. In other words, English is used by more than two thirds of theworld’s population.  Nowadays, in modern society, English becomes more important as a tool of communication. English as a global language sets the important role in teaching English at school from elementary school until senior high school and even in university. From these facts, students are not only expected to speak English fluently but they also have to be able to fulfill four language skills; speaking, writing, reading, and listening. These four skills are integrated and related to each other.

Each ofthem hasclose relation. The difficulty of each skill is relative, and it depends on themselves.Writing as one of the important skills in teaching English, has always occupied a place in most

English language course. To write well, people must have good capabilities in writing. Moreover, someone who wants to write must beable to organize the idea, to construct the sentences, to use punctuation and spelling well.  Besides, they must be able to arrange the writing into cohesive and coherent paragraphs and texts.   

Relates to this, Heaton (1975) also proposed that Writing skill are more complex and difficult to teaching, requiring, and  masteringnot only of grammatical and rhetorical devicesbut also  conceptual  and  judgment,  because  of  the  difficulties  of writing,  some efforts have been done to solvethe problem. The main objectiveis to make the writing become easier to learn for the students. of communication, that can help students to express our idea or feeling.

In  Indonesia,  English  has  been  taught  from  junior  high  school  until university and it has been studied from elementary school and kindergarten right now. English teaching in Indonesia becomes more important.Inevery school in Indonesia, English as a foreign language is considered difficult bymany students. In addition, Huang (2009) also stated that when students read the assigned textbooks in schools to improve their writing, they get frustrated writing what they know in English and often begin to draw away from learning English. It really needs creative efforts from the English teachers to conduct the process of teaching-learning. To be more interesting, then the teachers have to create many ways to explain the subject so that it can be understood by the students.

Many  efforts  have  been  done  in  teaching writing  to  the students, one of them is using pictures as the media. In this research, the researcher used pictures as the media to make learning writing easier because it had many chronological illustrationsand was interestingfor students. Xing and Jin (1985)also stated???????

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