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Kasihan. The designed learning activities are expected to help students learn and use past tenses easily. The design of learning activities is different from the
existing learning activities in the class. In addition, the design of learning activities is expected to make the students more active and communicative in
learning past tenses. Students do not need to listen the explanation from the teacher, but they learn past tenses through teacher’s guidance.
B. Problem Formulation
The research problem formulated in this study is “What is the design of learning activities to develop students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and
writing skills for tenth grade students of SMA 1 Kasihan?”
C. Problem Limitation
The scope of study is designing learning activities to develop students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and writing skills. Therefore, this research is
limited to the discussion on designing learning activities to develop students’ ability to use past tenses. This study is also limited to the discussion of speaking
and writing skills, because speaking and writing skills are productive skills which use tenses. The design is for the students which are in tenth grade of SMA 1
Kasihan. Tenth grade students of SMA 1 Kasihan are chosen as the subjects of the research because they need learning activities which could improve their English
ability.
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D. Research Objectives
This research is conducted in order to design learning activities to develop students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and writing skills for tenth grade
students of SMA 1 Kasihan.
E. Research Benefits
The benefits of the study can be stated as follows: 1. For the teachers
In order to improve the students’ English proficiency, the result of the research can help the teacher provide the appropriate learning activities to develop
the students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and writing skills. This research also can inspire the teacher to be more creative in making various learning
activities in the classroom. 2. For the students
This study is expected to improve the students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and writing skills. In addition, the students will be interested in learning
English because there are various English learning activities. 3. For the other researchers designers
The researcher expects that this study can be used as an idea and reference in other designing learning activities, so that the other researchers can help the
learners study English.
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F. Definition of Terms
