Formulation of the Problem

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Concept of Teaching and Learning English

1. Concept of Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL

Teaching is process that done by the teacher to share their knowledge, experience and material preparation the aim of teaching can be reached. Teaching can also defined as providing opportunities for students to learn. However, students may not always learn what the teacher intend to teach about and sometimes they may also learn notion which teacher do not intend them to learn. According to Brown, teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instructions, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand. 1 Moreover, Suzanne states that teaching is shared work between students and teachers. 2 Then, it can be interpreted that teaching is process that done by the teacher to share their knowledge, experience and the material to students. In this activity the teacher who provides education to students to learn is not limited only share their knowledge but also it is possible to share their experience as well. Teaching also is the systematic activity which includes many components. Every component cannot be separated, but it has to be run together dependently and continually. For the reason, it is 1 H. Douglas Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching . New Jersey: Longman, 2000. p. 7 2 Suzanne L. Miller and Penelope, Theories of Learning and Teaching What Do They Mean for Educators? Washington DC:NEA,2006,p.11 necessary for having a good management in teaching. It should be considered about ability of the teacher in managing the class and also the professionalism of the teacher so that teaching goal can be achieved. And also teaching is guiding and facilitating learning, enabling the learning to learn, setting the condition for learning. Our understanding of how the learners learn will determine our philosophy of education, teaching style, Approach, methods, and classroom technique English is a foreign language in Indonesia. Wilkins also says that teaching English as foreign language is not the mother tongue of any group within the country where it is being learned. 3 It means that the students who learned English as foreign language have a little opportunity to use their English in real life situation. Teaching a foreign language is to provide the students with the skills which enable to communicate orally with speakers of other nationalities who also learn this language. Based on the explanation above the researcher concludes that the teaching English as foreign language is a systematic activity which includes many components to share knowledge, experience and also building their attitude, character and change somebody’s ideas and manage three elements: transmitting knowledge, teaching of process inquiry and encouraging interpersonal relationship. 3 D.A Wilkins, Linguistics in Language Teaching London: Edward Arnold Publisher,1980,p.7