Adjectives are words that describe or limit nouns or pronouns. They often ask the questions concerning “what kinds”, “how many”, “which one”. Adjectives are used to midify the meanings of the nouns or pronouns to which they refer. Baca entri selengkapnya »
LOGIC: Semantics
September 23, 2014 pada 12:48 am (English Learning, Linguistics)
Tags: logical notation
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the Study
In semantics study, logic deals with the meaning of language systems (in human’s mind), not with actual behavior, although logical calculations are one contributing factors of any rational behavior. In conclusion, logic deals with the human’s mind and centrally with proposition, not utterance (since utterance is an instance of behavior). Baca entri selengkapnya »
Second Language Acquisition in Indonesia: Teenagers
September 22, 2014 pada 6:58 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: Language Acquisition, language learning, second language acquisition
SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN INDONESIA:
Language Acquisition in Teenagers
INTRODUCTION
Teaching either a foreign or second language for teenagers constitutes a challenging experience. Sometimes it is a nightmare more than a rewarding situation. Not only do they complain about the students’ behavior, their lacking of interest in other cultures they do not want to learn, but also about their unwillingness in participating in the classroom. Baca entri selengkapnya »
Employing Comic Strips as Strategies in Learning Grammar
September 16, 2014 pada 2:58 am (English Learning, Uncategorized)
Tags: communicative language teaching, grammar instruction
Background of the Study
Grammar is central to the teaching and learning of languages. It is also one of the most difficult aspects of language to teach well. Many people, including language teachers even students, hear the word “grammar” and think of a fixed set of word forms and rules of usage. The term ‘good grammar; means the usage of the forms or language such in the usage in the writing and formal oral presentation, while ‘bad grammar’ means those used in daily conversation or used by non-prestigious speakers. Baca entri selengkapnya »
Finding Main Idea of a Passage through REDW Technique (Read, Examine, Decide, Write)
September 16, 2014 pada 2:54 am (English Learning)
Tags: Indonesian language, REDW
- Definition of Reading
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols for the intention of constructing or deriving meaning or comprehension (Silberstein, 1994). It is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. Baca entri selengkapnya »
Genre Based Approach
September 16, 2014 pada 2:52 am (Linguistics)
Tags: communicative competence, English language teaching
GENRE BASED APPROACH
Education policy in Indonesia has been changing for many times starting from the curriculum of 1946 until the last is School based curriculum. Along with the changes, the application of the curriculum also influences towards the language teaching. The changes aim at improving the outcomes of English language teaching. Recently, seven years ago, the Ministry of National Education decided to apply a curriculum namely Competence Based Curriculum. Baca entri selengkapnya »
Linguistics School
September 16, 2014 pada 2:46 am (Linguistics)
Tags: English language teaching, Linguistics School
Traditional Latin Influenced Model
Until 1920s, Latin and Greek were the languages of scholarship, religion, philosophy and ‘knowledge’, so the grammar of these languages was taken to be the model for other grammars. Like other European languages, English was also described according to Latin or Greek grammatical categories. Baca entri selengkapnya »
Need Analysis in ELT curriculum development
September 16, 2014 pada 2:44 am (English Learning)
Tags: need analysis
INTRODUCTION
In general terms, need analysis ( also called need assessment ) refers to the activities involved in gathering information that will serve as the basis for developing a curriculum that will meet the learning needs of a particular group of students. In the case of language programs, those needs will be language related. Need analysis was introduced into language teaching through the ESP movement . Baca entri selengkapnya »
Silabus K-13 Bahasa Inggris
September 16, 2014 pada 2:42 am (Uncategorized)
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THEORY OF LEARNING
September 16, 2014 pada 2:30 am (Linguistics)
Tags: Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov, Jean Piaget, language learning, Noam Chomsky, operant conditioning
- Behavioristic
Behaviorism is a theory which sees learning is observable and measurable permanent change of behavior. The most popular behaviorists are B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov.
- Skinner
Changes in behavior are Baca entri selengkapnya »
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