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By the end of the program, the student will have been understood with text types . Every English teacher should serve as a model of good reader, listener,
speaker as well as writer. In addition, English teachers way still need to have a good mastery of the English grammar because they should be able to diagnose
their students. The students get difficulties in using English, the role of grammar has been determined as just one of the components besides, vocabulary and
pronounciation to support the mastery of the language skills and the teaching of grammar as separate teaching ability only be conducted if it is necessary to
support the mastery of the language skills.
2.2 A Brief View of Conjunctions
2.2.1 Definitions of Conjunctions
In English there are certain words related of two or more sentences. These words are usually called as connector.
Gerage E. Wishon and Julio. M. Burk 1987:135 state there are four kinds of connector they are : coordinate conjunctions, correlative
conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and transition expression. Curme 1970:29 states conjunction are words that join together
sentences or part of sentence. Most conjunctions are historically derived from other part of speech.
Marcella Frank 1972:206 says there are two classes of conjunctions, there are : coordinate conjunction and subordinate
conjunction.
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E. Wishon and Julio M. Burk 1987:141 state there are certain adverb which have function as conjunction those are called
conjunctive adverbs. The following are complete discussion about conjunction.
So, conjunction is words that join together sentence or part of sentences.
.2.2.2 Kinds of Conjunctions
2.2.2.1 Coordinate conjunction but, and, or It is called the coordinate conjunction for these
conjunctions related words phrase or clauses of equal meaning. If we discuss about coordinate conjunctions, we must be
familiar with compound sentence and complex sentence. Examples :
1. Rudi and Iwan went to Medan. 2. Budi was tired but happy.
3. Are you going to the party or staying at home ? 2.2.2.2 Subordinate conjunction after, before, until, as well as, unless,
therefore, while. A subordinate conjunction introduces a clause that depends
on main, or independent clause. The subordinate conjunction is grammatically part of the clause it introduces; it is never
separated from its clauses by a comma. Examples :
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1. Tono sent me a letter after he got my letter on Sunday. 2. Dewi has breakfast before she goes to school.
3. Deby acts as well as her mother. 4. He was reading a book when his mother called him.
5. Rina listens to the radio while Rudi reads the novel 6. The Palapa satelite functions therfore telecomunication in
Indonesia improve a lot. 2.2.2.3 Correlative conjunction both-, and, either-, or, neither, -nor, not
only-, but also. When and, or, but join coordinate elements, the first item
may also be preceded by a conjuntion. Such pairs conjunctions are called correlative conjunctions.
Examples : 1. Both Rina and Yuli go to the party.
2. She is both beautiful and inteligent. 3. Mrs. Damara neither speaks French nor English.
4. Not only are banks important in investment but they are also controling the circulation of money.
2.3 The Uses of Conjunctions but, and, or, before, and after
