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help and guide the students how to learn English easily. As Brownstates that teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, guiding in the study of something providing with knowledge causing to know or understand. Teaching English as a foreign language means that English is taught by people which English is not their mother tongue or their native language. Broughton says that in the rest of the world, English is a foreign language, that is taught in schools often widely, but it does not play an essential role in national or social life. 14 In teaching English or other languages actually we have to teach the four skills.According to Brown, for more than six decades, research and practice in English language teaching has identified the “four skills”, they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. 15 According to statements above, the researcher assumes of teaching and learning English as a foreign languagenot so difficult if the learners do a lot of practice and are exposed to situation that content English elements on it. The students should practice their English regularly both inside the classroom and outside the classroom.The students can also participate in growth of the globalization era. The students study English in the school. It does not play in their daily activity but it has good intentions for the students. 14 Geoffrey Broughton, et.al,Op. Cit., p.6 15 H. Douglas Brown, Teaching by Principles An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy 2 nd Ed.New York: Longman, 2001, p.232

B. Concept of Grammar 1. Definition of Grammar

The students need grammar in order to make a good sentence. Grammar is a system of language. Thornbury states that grammar is description of the rules that govern how a language‟s sentences are formed. 16 It means grammar is the system of language to help the user arrange, combine, and relate every word to make meaningful sentences, to convey ideas and information. Grammar is also called as organization word is combined into sentences to express thought and feeling or to express the idea in the textbook. It is supported by Harmer, “the grammar is the description of the ways in which words can change their forms and ca n be combined into sentences in that language”. 17 In teaching English as foreign language, the students need to master grammar because by mastering grammar students will be able to speak and write English correctly. It is a fact that different countries have different languages and every language has different system which is called grammar. So, as a good teacher, heshe has to able to make the students comprehend some rules in learning grammar in the class. 16 Scott Thornburry, How to Teach Grammar London: Longman, 1999,p.1 17 Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching London: Longman, 2003, p.12