Teaching Poetry Using....

SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION: A TECHNIQUE TO TEACH ENGLISH POETRY By: Hamiddin Abstract This paper tries to explore a particular technique in literature classroom. Literature is a content subject and compulsory subject, for example; poetry 1, prose 2, etc. which given for the college students who take course in English language education. The paper focuses on using small group discussion technique included pre-discussion activities, whilst-discussion activities, and post-discussion activities and how to implement them in teaching English poetry for...

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APPLIED LINGUISTICS

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ERRORS IN WRITING CLASS 1. INTRODUCTIONWriting is considered as the most difficult language skill to learn for a language learner. Writing activity involves some components such as grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics as the prerequisite of the written language rule. In this case, sometimes students have problems in those components. Consequently, it is hard for them to follow the writing class. Making errors is an inevitable part of language learning particularly in writing process. Therefore,...

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Teaching Writing Technique

WRITING SHORT STORY BY USING NARRATIVE APPROACHBy HAMIDDIN(Email: ibnu_syam@yahoo.com) ABSTRACTNarrative approach is basic technique in preparing the students are able to write a narration paragraph. Narrative is related to tell a story. In teaching writing in literature classroom, the teacher uses narrative approach to write a short story. Besides teaching writing paragraph, the teacher also teaches literature aspects especially short...

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SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION: A TECHNIQUE TO TEACH ENGLISH POETRY Abstract This paper tries to explore a particular technique in literature classroom. Literature is a content subject and compulsory subject, for example; poetry 1, prose 2, etc. which given for the college students who take course in English language education. The paper focuses on using small group discussion technique included pre-discussion activities, whilst-discussion activities, and post-discussion activities and how to implement them in teaching English poetry for the EFL/ESL students...

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teaching poetry

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF POEMS USING TWO STAY-TWO STRAY STRATEGY Abstract The study is directed to improve students’ comprehension of poems using the Two Stay-Two Stray strategy. The subject of this study is 23 students of the sixth semester of English department of FKIP at Islamic University of Malang. This study uses collaborative action research design which consists of four main steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The data is taken from quiz, observation checklist and field notes. The findings indicate that...

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