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F. Significance of the Research
The research was conducted to help students especially students of ELTI –
Gramedia Semarang to comprehend grammar knowledge in a catchy and effective way. Moreover, they should make correct grammatical structures
because communication will not be understandable if the students do not have grammar mastery. Then, the hearer or receiver cannot comprehend the
information given and they will get confused with the information if the students make many grammatical mistakes in producing sentences. Therefore,
hopefully there will be two benefits from the research; they are theoretical and technical
1. Theoretical benefit: this study provides a scientific technique
which is expected to be able to help the students in understanding grammar.
2. Technical benefit: this study explains how the Comprehensive
Teaching Technique as a scientific model program is used by the teacher and students for better grammar mastery.
a. For teachers
The technique may contribute to the development of a teaching strategy for improving students’ grammar
accuracy and provide some practical benefits about how to use the technique to design the learning materials in order
to improve students’ grammar accuracy.
b. For students
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They will learn and undergo the interesting technique in understanding grammatical structures.
G. Definition of terms
In order to avoid various interpretations, some definitions of terms that are often used and necessary to understand are given as follows:
1. Grammar means a theory of language, of how language is put
together and how it works Gerot and Wignel, 1994:2. 2.
Students are persons who are studying at ELTI – Gramedia
Semarang. 3.
Hammond et al. diagram model consists of Building Control of Field, Modelling of Text, Joint Construction, and Independent
Construction. Hammond et al. 1992:47. 4.
Comprehensive is including nearly everything Oxford Learner’s
Pocket Dictionary Third Edition 1983: 83. 5.
Comprehensive Teaching Technique CTT is a technique with various teaching methods, namely: Audio-lingualism, Task Based
Learning, Community Language Learning, Suggestopedia, and Total Physical Response. Furthermore, it has to be implemented
through four stages, namely: Background Knowledge of Field, Modelling of Text, Joint Construction, and Independent
Construction.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE