Objectives Teaching and Learning

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B. Objectives

The objectives of this final project report are: 1. To describe the teaching and learning process of simple present tense to the fifth grade students of SDN Tangkisan 03 Sukoharjo. 2. To find out the solutions of the problems in teaching simple present tense to the fifth grade students of SDN Tangkisan 03 Sukoharjo.

C. Benefits

The writer hopes that this final project report can give benefits to: 1. English teacher in SDN Tangkisan 03 Sukoharjo: It is hoped that this report can be an additional reference to the teacher in teaching simple present tense. 2. The students of SDN Tangkisan 03: The writer hopes that this report can be additional information in learning simple present tense. 3. The students of English diploma program UNS: The writer also hopes that this final project report is useful and gives some advantages to the readers who want to know about the method of teaching and learning simple present tense commit to user 4

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

A. Teaching and Learning

1. Definition of Teaching

According to Brown 2000:7 teaching is guiding and facilitating, enabling the learners to learn, setting the conditions for learning. This definition explains that teaching means guiding the students in learning in the first meeting. Teaching also means facilitating the students in getting the knowledge. So, the teacher should be ready to answer and explain the learner’s questions. Teacher also should be able to create the pleasant condition in teaching, so it will make learners feel comfortable and easy in learning. Based on Oxford dictionary 2005:1574, teaching is the idea of a particular person or group, especially about politics, religion or society that is taught to other people. From this definition, we know that teaching is an activity to give information and knowledge to other people that are meant in order to they will know about something, for example, about politics, religion, and society. commit to user 5

2. Definition of Learning

Brown 2000:7 suggests that learning is acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject or a skill by study, experience, or instruction. This definition explains that knowledge can be got by many experiences and the teacher’s instructions. So, learning is not always from studying. David Nunan 1992:11 states that learning is the most often figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you currently think. Based on Nunan’s definition, learning is the process to figure out something that you have known and to improve your mindset. Meanwhile, based on Oxford dictionary 2005:874, learning is knowledge that you get from reading and studying. So, the definitions above show that learning is the way to get knowledge, the way to make us think and know about something from the experiences, and also by reading and studying.

B. Teaching Grammar for Young Learners