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 the EFL/ESL students of English language education program. This technique is intended to help students in improving their poetry comprehension and motivating them to learn literary subject especially poetry. The small-group discussions technique is one other technique of cooperative learning that proposed by Slavin.
Keywords: Small-Group Discussion, Technique, Poetry

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APPLIED LINGUISTICS

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ERRORS IN WRITING CLASS

1. INTRODUCTION

Writing 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, students cannot learn a language without first systemically committing errors. In a classroom setting, students cannot escape themselves from interference of their first language (L1) and that makes them unconsciously produce errors in the target language.

In line with the problems faced by the students, we took some students’ writing paragraphs as sample for this small research. We want to identify the students’ errors in terms of grammatical and lexical errors in their writing products. Furthermore, we elaborate those errors into 1) omission, 2) additions (double markings, regularizations, and simple additions), 3) misformation, 4) misordering. Besides, we also intend to find the kind of errors which more frequently occurs in their writing and try to propose some solutions which might useful to solve their writing problems.

2. SUBJECT AND SETTING OF STUDY

Actually, the subject of this small research is 10 pieces of paragraph writing in Writing 1 course. From 10 pieces of those paragraphs writing, we decide to take 3 pieces as samples of this small research. The setting of this research is in English Department, State University of Malang. Here, the students’ paragraph writing focuses on descriptive genre.

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Teaching Writing Technique

WRITING SHORT STORY BY USING NARRATIVE APPROACH

By HAMIDDIN

(Email: ibnu_syam@yahoo.com)

ABSTRACT

Narrative 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 story aspects. Theoretically, this approach include to teaching of writing kinds of paragraph but practically, this approach can be involve in writing a short story in the literature classroom for students in university.

Keywords: narrative approach, short story, teaching writing.

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INTRODUCTION

Teaching writing is teaching how to make appropriately and effectively writing product. The teacher of writing faces many obstacles in teaching their students, because writing needs certain skill. For university students, writing is essential component in learning English as second language or foreign language. The writing achievement is important for the students who will arrange proposal, thesis, and research. The students of university demanded to be able to make good writing. As teachers, we have to find ways of helping our students to improve our students’ skill especially writing skill

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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 of English language education program. This technique is intended to help students in improving their poetry comprehension and motivating them to learn literary subject especially poetry. The small-group discussions technique is one other technique of cooperative learning that proposed by Slavin.

Keywords: Small-Group Discussion, Technique, Poetry

complete article please contact the email: izzatulm@gmail.com

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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 using TS-TS strategy can improve the students’ comprehension of poems. The average score of students’ test in Cycle 2 is 80 and the students’ active involvement in Cycle 2 is 86%. The data are obtained from the implementation of TS-TS strategy in improving students’ comprehension of poems.

Key Words: comprehension of poems, Two Stay-Two Stray Strategy

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