For example: I saw Harry in theoffice today. The speaker was not in the office anymore.
b Precise detail We also use the Past Simple Tense when we provide precise circumstantial
detail abou t an event e.g. we can say I‟ve had my appendix out but we have
to use the past simple tense as soon as we specify, for example, where or how do not say I‟ve had my appendix out in Warsaw but I had my appendix out in
Warsaw. c Time anchor
In telling stories and describing what happened in the past we use the simple past as a „time anchor‟- to establish the key „time frame‟ of events. We also
use the simple past to describe the key events that move the story forward. we use other tenses notably the past perfect and past continuous to show the
relationship of other events to this „time frame‟.
2.1.7 Simple Past Tense Taught Integratedly through Narrative Text by Using Course Review Horay
Nowadays, based on the School-based Curriculum the teaching grammar is not taught explicitly but integratively. It means that in teaching grammar teacher
teaches the pattern of grammar or language feature integrated with the texts as the material of learning that construct the texts. Through text or genre students can
identify or analyse the language feature of the text itself. It means that the students are expected to be able to identify the tenses that used in the text. Learning
grammar in a text can help the students in differentiating form of tenses and the
use of the tenses that provide in the text.
The eleventh grade students of Senior High School get procedure, descriptive, recount, narrative
, report, news item, analytical exposition, hortatory exposition
, spoof, explanation, discussion, review texts in an academic year. As we know these genres use different kinds of tenses. Based on Standard Content of
Curriculum-Based School, the second semester of Senior High School of grade eleven, the students the students should understand the meaning of short
functional text and monologue in form of narrative, spoof, and hortatory exposition in daily life context. It means that they will get narrative, spoof, and
hortatory texts. In this study, I concerns to narrative text as the material because the scope that will be studied is simple past tense mastery. It goes without saying
that the language feature of narrative text is using simple past tense. So the students will analyse the description, form, and the use of simple past tense
through narrative text. In implementing Course Review Horay, as I have explained in the
previous the teacher will distribute learning material. The learning material itself is narrative text. The students are asked to analyse the tenses used and get
acquainted with the tense that is simple past tense which identical to Verb II. The verb II itself is divided into regular and irregular verbs. The teacher explains the
material briefly then the material is discussed in group. After that the teacher give the students worksheet which contains of list of questions. The worksheet itself is
about narrative text. So, there will be 3-5 texts in the worksheet, and every text
there will questions related to material, such as find the words showing simple past tense of paragraph 1 and 2, find the simple verbs of paragraph 1 and 2,
classify the irregular and regular verbs of paragraph 1 and 2, and so on. Then the students will discuss the questions in groups. The detail explanation of
implementing Course Review Horay has been explained in the previous explanation.
Learning grammar through genre itself is supported by Thornbury‟s theories. Thornbury 1999:89 states that language is context-sensitive which is to
say an utterance becomes fully intelligible only when it is placed in its context. According to Thornbury 1999:90, grammar is best taught and practised in
context. This means using whole texts as contexts for grammar teaching. Therefore, the researchers infer that grammar can be taught in a contextual text or
genre. In addition, Thornbury 1999:88 also asserts that a genre is a text-type
whose features have become conventionalised over time. Instances of genre share common characteristics, such as their overall organisation, their degree of
formality, and their grammatical features. Moreover, Thornbury 1999:89 also states that the advantage of genre allows the teacher to guide the students to
discovering its generic features, including grammar item.
2.2 The Theoretical Framework
In this part, I will make a brief conclusion from both previous studies and theoretical studies.
