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B. The Presentation of Specific Data
2. Discussion
traditional methods, the focus was clearly on form and accuracy, and learning a language basically meant learning its grammar.36
In teaching subject-verb agreement and tense, the tutor used grammar translation method to help students understand in English sentence structure and get some new vocabularies of the verbs. From the explanations about the implementation and problems in teaching subject-verb agreement and tense beside that the tutor has to solve the problems soon. The tutor tried to decide the material suitable with the students‘ necessary. Then, the tutor used a simple game to help students became more active and enthusiastic to the material. The tutor tried to always motivate the students during or in the last of learning process, so grammar translation method helped students to become more focus and concentration, and the simple game helped them to become interest in learning subject-verb agreement and tense.
The first observation focus on the three steps of teaching English, they were preparation, performance, and evaluation. For teaching preparation, the tutor provided some equipments to support and reach succesfull in teaching subject-verb agreement and tense using grammar translation method. the tutor did some activities such as prepare lesson plan, material, and evaluation. The tutor said to the researcher that she prepared lesson plan to make easy describing grammar translation method in teaching subject-verb agreement and tense.37
The tutor took the material from the relevant books because she know that the student‘s did not have the material book of subject-verb agreement and tense. The students just have some task books to drill their practice from the course. For the evaluation, the tutor used an oral and written test to get the result of the learning process.
Based on the MEC lesson plan, the step of teaching subject-verb agreement and tense were as follows:
Pre-activity
1) The tutor ask the students to mention verbs in Indonesian and English 2) The tutor give short explanation
3) The tutor write the material on the whiteboard 4) The tutor explain more the material
37 Look at the observation transcript: 01/O/14-3/2018
5) The tutor ask the students to determine the suitable verb and write it on the whiteboard
Whilst-activity
1) The tutor explain subject-verb agreement in present tense 2) The tutor translate the sentence and verbs word by word 3) The students and the tutor read some sentences together
4) The tutor ask the students to repeat the subject with the verb and translate it into Indonesian
5) The students play a simple game with the tutor Post-activity
1) The tutor gave some questions to the students about the meaning of some verbs
2) The tutor write some questions on the whiteboard and ask the students to answer it in front of the class.38
The tutor make a lesson plan just because to make simple and easier teaching and learning process. Ms Rima said:
―I have a purpose in making lesson plan to teach subject-verb agreement and tense using grammar translation method that was make easier the leraning process, after that I preparedthe materials and evaluation.‖39
38 Look at the MEC lesson plan
39 Look at the interview transcript: 10/I/26-3/2018
b. The problems faced by the tutor in teaching subject-verb agreement and tense
Based on the interview with the English tutor of MEC in 14th March 2018, the researcher found some problems faced by the tutor were about the limited time, media, student‘s knowledge in the meaning of verbs, and their motivation.
According to ms Rima, the tutor of MEC said:
―The students of MEC, have some problems during the learning process. The students have not enough knowledge in the meaning of verbs and their pronounciation, so I must allow the students to open their dictionary to get the meaning then I help them to pronounciate the verbs correctly. Sometimes the students have low motivation in learning English so it could influence their concentration in the class, as the result the students could not understand the materials well.‖40
It can be conclude that the students could not understand the materials because they have low motivation in learning English. the tutor should find the effective way to make the students became enthusiastic during the learning process.
In the next interview, the tutor said that she applied grammar translation method because she knows that the students knowledge in subject-verb agreement was not so good.
40 Look at the interview transcript : 08/I/14-3/2018
Ms rima said:
―When I teaching English in MEC, I think the students‘ knowledge in English was not so good. So I use the method which make the students concentration and more focus in learning English although they will feel bored but I can combine it with a fun way such a simple game so they will feel enjoy and enthusiastic joined the learning process.‖41
The tutor used a simple game, it was just answering the tutor‘s question quickly. If the students make a mistake during practice the game, they must come forward then got the punishment from the tutor. The punishment was about remembering and translating the verbs correctly.
c. The tutor’s effort to solve the problems in teaching subject-verb agreement and tense:
In teaching subject-verb agreement and tense, the tutor always found some problems during learning process. It could be from the students and also from the tutor. In this case, the tutor tried to solve the problems as soon as possible.
The tutor tried to decide the material suitable with the students‘
necessary. Then, the tutor used a simple game to help students became more active and enthusiastic to the material. The tutor tried to always motivate the students during or in the last of learning process, so grammar translation method helped students to become more focus and concentration, and the
41 Look at the interview transcript: 09/I/19-3/2018
simple game helped them to become interest in learning subject-verb agreement and tense. As the result, the students got some advantages from the learning process.
According to Aditya, the student of MEC:
―In my opinion, I can be more understand what my tutor‘s speak about and it made me easy to memorize the materials because I know the meaning and understand how to determine the suitable verbs in a sentence.‖42
The students understand the materials when the tutor used grammar translation method because they were helped in understanding subject-verb agreement and tense during learning process.
According to Delima, the student of MEC:
―It was easier for me because I could understand more the meaning and also determine the suitable verbs of a sentence. Sometime I felt bored but I think without my tutor translate the subjects and verbs word by word, I could not understand the materials well.‖43
The students realize that sometimes she felt bored in learning subject- verb agreement but she could understand the materials if the tutor translate the verbs one by one.
42 Look at the interview transcript: 12/I/28-3/2018
43 Look at the interview transcript: 13/I/28-3/2018
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