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more about English. Closure also becomes the answers of students’ interest and curiosity which are arisen in induction. It will make them satisfied, actively learn
the language, and have more questions to be answered in further learning. The answer to knowledge will make us satisfied and lead to other curiosity and
questions about the knowledge Green, 1971; 195. Another advantage of conducting closure is that it can provide feedbacks
for the teaching learning activities conducted. Students’ achievement and opinion will become the evaluations for the English language teaching. It helps teachers to
evaluate whether the English language teaching activities, including the induction and closure technique, are effective for the students to master the materials and
skills or not. From this feedback the teachers will be able to find the best activities for their students to learn English.
C. English Mastery
The English mastery is the ability to either perceive or produce English, covering the four English skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
1. Listening skill:
The listening skill is the ability to perceive, understand and comprehend English sounds. The advantage of the skill is that by using the skill the learners
would be able to get and maximize the exposure on English sounds. From the English native sounds, learners would be able to know English grammar, semantic
rules as well as its paralinguistic elements, such as pitch, tone, stress and intonation Shumin in Richards and Renandya, 2002:235.
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2. Speaking skill:
Speaking skill is the oral skill of the language; the ability to communicate orally using English. This skill would not only concern on the ability to speak, but
also on the paralinguistic elements, such as pitch, tone, stress and intonation as the additional factor to knowing the language’s grammatical and semantic rules
Shumin in Richards and Renandya, 2002:204. 3.
Reading skill: Reading skill is the ability to comprehend English in the written form text.
Reading skills would be beneficial for the learners’ career, study or just to gain pleasure Shumin in Richards and Renandya, 2002:273. The other benefits of
reading are that the reading activities in English language teaching would enable learners to learn new topics, have discussion, and also study the language itself;
its vocabulary, grammar, idioms, etc. The graphical form of the language will help learners to see the forms of the language easily so that they will be able to discuss
and learn its elements. 4.
Writing skill: The writing skill is the ability to produce the language in the written form
or text. In this skill, learners are required to be able to generate and organize their ideas as well as translating them in the written text form. The spelling,
punctuation and word choices are the factors that cannot be neglected in this skill. Therefore, writing skill is the most difficult and complicated skill of a language
including English Richards and Renandya, 2002:3002.
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English skills are the basics of English. These skills enable English to acquire its core function, which is as the mean of communication. As the theories
above proposed, the four English skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, are connected one to another. One skill would support the other
skills. English skills are divided into two parts; inputs and outputs. Inputs would help students to have models which therefore would be used to help them perform
the outputs. The inputs include listening and reading. Listening skills would help students to perform the speaking skill since they cover the sounds of English.
While reading would help students to perform the writing skills since they cover the written forms of English.
In the relationship with induction and closure technique, for sure, those four skills can be integrated in order to motivate students to learn English which
will bring result to their well mastery. The inputs can be used in induction, while the outputs can be applied in closure. Therefore, when English language teaching
takes place, a whole teaching learning activities would be conducted. And when those skills could cover and support each other, English would be useful for its
main purpose as the mean of communication. This would also bring an advantage that students will not be afraid of English anymore, but they will love it and learn
it more since they know that it is very useful and applicable in their life.
D. English language teaching in SMK
