b. For the teachers The result of this research can give information for the teachers about the
correlation between students’ simple present tense mastery and their ability in descriptive text.
c. For the school The result of this research is expected to be able to motivate the school to
improve the quality of learning English.
G. Scope of the Research
1. Subject of the research The subject of this research was the eighth grade
students’ of SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat.
2. Object of the research The object of this research was the correlation of students
’ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text.
3. Place of the research The research was conducted at SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat.
4. Time of the research The research was conducted at the first semester of 20162017 academic year.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Concept of Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language
Since students use their mother language in their daily conversation, English teachers has essential role to make students understand and enjoy the material. It is necessary
to make students comfort and enjoy in teaching and learning English. Language is the situation whereby humans communicate and interact with one another by means of
habitually used oral auditory arbitory symbols. Many people use language to communicate each other in their daily life. Language is also used to express the idea
as a share each people by using language through spoken and written form. Language teaching is influenced by ideas on the nature language language theories
and the learning conditions that make learners to acquire the language learning theories.
1
It means that English is different when English for communication and English for teaching materials and methods. These differences may influence in
teaching English achievement.
Teaching is the process of showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instructions, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, and
it is causing someone understand about something that learned.
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It describes that
1
Ag. Bambang Setiyadi, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu, 2006, p. 20
2
H. Douglas Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching 4
th
Ed, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, p. 7
