The
Effectiveness of Using Hot Potatoes Quiz towards Students’ Grammar Achievement
in Simple Present Tense
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, the
researcher serves seven topics related to the research. The topics cover
background of the
research, research problems,
objectives of the research, research hypothesis,
significance of the research, scope and limitation of the research, definition
of key terms, and thesis organization.
A. Background of the Research
Success in learning
English can be seen from the mastering of the four skills which are important
for communication both orally and in a
written form. These language skills
include listening and
reading (receptive skills)
and speaking and writing (productive skills). To be
success in mastering those skills, there are three components that
are actually as the requirements
include grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. From
those components, grammar
is considered the
most important as it
serves as the
foundation for more
advanced language learning (Cahyono and Widiati, 2011: 87).
Grammar is
the structural foundation
of our ability
to express ideas
and feelings. It is a set of rules governing how the words in a language
may be joined to make sense.
Teaching grammar basically
purposes to build
students’????????????
