THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOUR IN ROW VERB GAME IN TEACHING PAST VERBS
(EXPERIMENTAL)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Research
Language is one
of the most important things in our life. Language is a
means of communication
in society. Language
as a tool
of communication is used
among human beings
in order to
establish social relationship. By
using language, they
can interact with
others through language in both
written and spoken. Language can be regarded as human criterion, because
only human being
can speak language.
It is also
as a system of vocal conventional
signs characteristics of the interaction of one or more communities of human
beings.
English has
important role in communication among various parts of the
world. English is used as means of international communication. On the other
hand, English has a function as a tool to access information in the daily life,
to maintain an
interpersonal relationship, to
exchange the information, and to
learn culture in English. Teaching English
as foreign language
is introduced in
curriculum of Indonesian school. It is taught in Elementary
school (SD), Junior High School
(SMP), Senior High
School (SMA), and
University. Learning English in
the school, especially
in t’he Junior
High School is
one of the subjects
in the curriculum
that students have
to learn because
it has important role and as a
measurement of students’ graduation in National Examination. Indonesian
government always improves
education in order have equal
level with the
world education standard
such as chancing
the curriculum and introducing
new approaches (methods)
of teaching to the
English teacher based on the KTSP (Lever Curriculum of Education Unit).???????
