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Sentence Type 2. Students will get higher ability and get the materials optimally when the material is related to their daily life.
“Contextual Teaching Learning is a conception that helps teacher relate subject matter content to real
world situation and motivates students to make members, citizens, and others
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It means that when teaching learning process, the materials should be connected to the real life so the students will have critical and creative
thinking. By using CTL, the students may be able to make connections between what they are learning and how that knowledge will be used.
Based on the background above, the writer is interested to choose the title
of her research that is I mproving Students’ Ability in Using Conditional
Sentence Type 2 through Contextual Teaching Learning .
B. The Limitation of the Problem
To clarify the problem, the writer limits this research in using ccontextual teaching le
arning to improve students‟ ability in using conditional sentence type 2 at the second grade students of MAN Tarumajaya, Bekasi.
C. The Formulation of the Problem
The writer formulates the problem as follows: “Can Contextual Teaching and Learning improve students‟ ability in using
conditional sentence type 2 ?”
D. The Objective of the Study
The objective of the study in this Classroom Action Research is the writer would like to find out whether contextual teaching and learning can improve
students‟ ability in using conditional sentence type 2 or not?
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Ellaine B. Johnson, Contextual Teaching and Learning, London: Corwin Press, 2002, p. 39.
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E. The Significance of the Study
This study is expected to give the contribution to the English teachers, the students, the school principal, and exclussively to the writer to try contextual
teaching learning method to relate students‟ real world situation and materials they get. Furthermore, the English teachers are hoped to explore their English
teaching technique, especially in teaching conditional sentence type 2. The writer hopes that this technique will help the teacher and the student in
teaching and learning process.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter discusses about the theoretical framework which is consisting of conditional sentence and contextual teaching and learning. Conditional
sentence consists of definition, type of conditional sentence, form, and the use of conditional sentence type 2, whereas contextual teaching and learning consists of
the nature of contextual teaching and learning, components, strategies, and the benefits of contextual teaching and learning.
A. Conditional Sentence
1. The Definitions of Conditional Sentence
Conditional sentence is almost appears in every English textbook. It usually comes after the chapters that present some of basic verb form
or somewhere in more advanced section of the book. There are a lot of definitions of conditional sentence from the
language experts. According to Marianne Celce-Murcia and Dianne Larsen-Freeman
“conditional sentence is the sentences consisting of two clauses, a subordinate clause, and a main clause
”.
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George E. Wishon stated that “conditional sentence is the sentence
contains two clauses: a dependent clause beginning with if or another conjunction performing the same general function and a main clause
”.
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In another definition of conditional sentence from Martin Parott “conditional sentences consist of two clausesa main „conditional‟
clause containing a verb with a form with will or would, and a subordinated clause that is introduced by if
.”
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Marianne Celce Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman, The Grammar Book: An ESLEFL Teacher’s Course, Newbury: Heinle Heinle Publisher, 1999, p. 545
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George E. Wishon and Julia M. Burks, Lets Write English, New York: Litton Educational Publishing, 1980, p. 249
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Martin Parott, Grammar for English Language Teacher, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 231
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Based on the definitions above, the writer concludes that conditional sentence is a sentence which consists of two clauses; a main
clause which containing modal auxiliary and a subordinated clause which begins with if, unless or adverb clauses.
2. The Types of Conditional Sentence
There are three different types of conditional sentences. Each type is composed of a different combination of tenses. According to Marianne
C. Murcia and Larsen Freeman “conditional sentence is divided into
three types ”, they are:
a. Future conditional
: If I have money, I will take a vacation b.
Present conditional : If I had money, I would take a vacation
c. Past conditional
:If I had had money, I would have taken a vacation.
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George E. Wishon also stated that there are three types of conditional sentences:
a. Future-Possible Condition
b. Present-Unreal Condition
c. Past-Unreal Condition.
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In the first type, the sentence expresses a future-possible condition refers to an action that may or not may take place in the future. The
present tense of the verb is used in the if clause, and the future tense is used in the main clause.
In present-unreal condition, the sentence describes a situation which does not exist or unreal. We do not expect the condition in the if clause to
become a fact. The past tense of the verb is used in the if clause, and the modal would, should, could, and might are used in the main clause.
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Murcia. loc. cit.
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Wishon. loc. cit.
