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be begun at the primary stage then it should be begun as early as possible at the secondary school level
Thus, the earlier students start learning English, the better the results are. This
is in line with the statement from Curtain and Pesola 1988:67 who clearly state that:
Children at this age are at a maximum of openness to people and situations different from their own experience. For these students, a global emphasis
is extremely important, because it gives them an opportunity to work with the information from all parts of the world. As intermediates develop the
cognitive characteristics of the concrete operations stage, they begin to understand cause and effect.
Since this research focuses on grammar comprehension which should be mastered by the students, this research is intended to design a new technique
to be used in learning grammar for the students of EC 4 consisting of students from grade 4 elementary school ELTI
– Gramedia Semarang. Therefore, the Comprehensive Teaching Technique CTT is a technique which
accommodates the children learners’ needs to improve their grammar mastery.
B. Problem Identification
Based on the problems which occur in teaching-learning process at ELTI- Gramedie Semarang one of them is low grammar scores, the researcher
wants to develop an alternative technique which ca n improve students’
grammar mastery. Moreover, the implementation of various different activities in teaching grammar will influence the students’ enthusiasm in following the
lessons. The classes will be boring if teachers only use one activity over and over again to teach grammar. The students may stick into boredom and the
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teacher will feel that students do not follow the lessons eagerly. This condition, eventually, will influence their grammar comprehension. This
research is concerned with designing a te chnique to improve students’
grammar mastery which is effective, efficient, and fun.
C. Problem Formulation
The formulation of the problem in this research is as follows: Is a
Comprehensive Teaching Technique effective to improve students’ grammar
mastery?
D. Problem Limitation
This research is concerned with grammar. The grammar point which is shown in the lesson plan are tenses past, present, future and some
grammatical points manymuch, prepositions, be + going to, direct request, text procedures imperative, and there isthere are.
E. Research Objectives
In relation to the problem formulation, the main goal of this research is to find the answer to the questions stated above. Therefore the objective of the
research is as follows: 1. To explore whether a Comprehensive Teaching Technique is
effect ive to improve students’ grammar mastery
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F. Significance of the Research
