Statement of the Problems Objectives of the Study Significance of the Study

1.3 Statement of the Problems

Statements of the problem discussed in this study are as follow: 1 To what extent do the single slot substitution drills contribute to the development of the mastery in simple present tense of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bawang in the academic year of 20102011? 2 To what extent do the single slot substitution drills contribute to the development of the positive attitude in using simple present tense of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bawang in the academic year of 20102011?

1.4 Objectives of the Study

The objectives of the study are: 1 To find out to what extent the single slot substitution drills contribute to the development of the mastery in simple present tense of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bawang in the academic year of 20102011. 2 To find out to what extent the single slot substitution drills contribute to the development of the positive attitude in using simple present tense of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bawang in the academic year of 20102011.

1.5 Significance of the Study

Significance of this study is classified into three parts, for the students, teachers, and the readers. For students, this study is intended to give information about the use of single slot substitution drills as a technique in learning present tense. It is hoped that they will be motivated to learn simple present tense because single slot substitution drills allow them to practice using simple present tense directly. So, they can both learn and practice at the same time. It is also expected that by using this technique, they can master simple present tense. Furthermore, the study hopefully would be useful for them in communication and writing a text using simple present tense. For the English teacher, this study informs that there is a technique which is easily replicated, applied, and adapted to a variety of setting. This technique is single slot substitution drills. It is hoped that by knowing single slot substitution drills, they will be able to use this technique to teach their students as a comparison matter to the previous technique they have ever used in order to find the best technique to teach simple present tense. For other readers, it will show that there is a technique of teaching simple present tense called single slot substitution drills.

1.6 Limitation of the Study