Background of the Study

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

The urgent need of mastering English in English as a foreign language environment, such as in Indonesia, certainly cannot be separated from the way the language is taught to the people of the country in the process of the English language teaching. English language teaching in Indonesia has gained a great focus since most of Indonesian people, especially students, have already got the image of English as something that is very difficult to learn. This negative image has motivated Indonesian English teachers to provide various ways of teaching that can change Indonesian people’s view, especially Indonesian students view to English. Arising students motivation, encouraging and making sure that they understand what they learn are very important in English language teaching. Those two concerns are included into the induction and closure technique of English language teaching. Induction and closure technique may only take a small portion in English language teaching, but actually they are very significant for the success of the whole activities. Good induction will bring a positive atmosphere for the next activities, and excellent closure will make sure that students have mastered the knowledge well and encourage them to learn more. Induction is an effort to prepare students and focus them to the materials which is going to be learned. A teacher does this not only at the beginning of a 1 2 lesson, but in each beginning of a learning topic. It can be done by establishing students’ curiosity, being warm and enthusiastic, varying learning activities, using teaching aids, and others. The teacher may also give instructions and relate materials with students’ prior knowledge. Mentally prepared students are those who know the purpose of their learning, what they are going to learn and how they will learn it. Students who are focused and motivated will enjoy, be more enthusiastic, and have better response towards the learning activities. Closure is aimed to give a review and encouragement on what the students learn, to know their achievement as well as to provide feedbacks for the teaching- learning activities conducted. It can be done by making a review and giving assignments or tasks to apply what the students have learnt. Closure is also done not only at the end of a lesson, but at the end of each learning topic. Closure will encourage students to apply their knowledge and motivate them to learn more. However, induction and closure technique does not include routine activities which are done by teachers, such as checking students’ presence, asking students to prepare their books, asking students to pray before going home and others. Those activities may need to be done, but they are not included to induction and closure technique. Induction and closure technique is activities which have direct relationships with the materials taught or learnt.

B. Problem Identification