IMPROVING STUDENTS’
UNDERSTANDING ON SIMPLE PAST TENSE THROUGH SONG
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Study
In Indonesia English
is the first foreign language. As an international language, English spreads
all over the world.3 It can be proved by designing English curriculum in the
whole levels of Indonesian education institutions, from elementary, junior high
school, senior high school and finally in university. As the first foreign
language in Indonesian schools, English becomes one of school subjects. It has
done by the teacher and students in many class activities. To master a foreign
language, students should know the language components such as vocabulary,
phonology, and structure or grammar. However, English is not our own language;
everyone will feel that it is difficult. In junior high school, students learn
the four language skills. That is clearly stated in the goals of the curriculum
2004 as following the objectives of English teaching in Junior high school. It
is to enable the students to develop English skills, especially in grammar.4
Teaching
grammar has often been regarded as a structure base on formal activities. After
relating it with several sources and techniques, which are mainly based on
communicative activities, the teaching of grammar gained a new insight. In the
teaching of grammar, the techniques of resource combinations are often modified
to structure discourse match and they are well developed, they can be used
effectively for all phases of a grammar lesson. In order to make a grammar
lesson more effective, beneficial, and interesting a teacher should use some
well developed and fascinating techniques in the classroom. The examples of
such integrated sources and techniques, such as the use of songs, verses,?????????????????
