CHAPTER II FRAME OF THEORY, FRAME OF THINKING, AND HYPOTHESIS
A. Concept of Teaching English as Foreign Language
Language teaching is influenced by ideas on the nature of language language theories and the learning conditions that make learners acquire the language
learning theories.
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In learning English as a foreign language, it is very difficult because it has different characteristic from our mother tongue, although students have
studied it for a long time but their English ability is still low not only in speaking but also in writing. It means that the teachers are urged to repair their teaching method.
The teacher has responsibility to make condition to be conducive by giving assignment, stimulus, guidance, direction, and also support hisher students in the
teaching learning process. In learning English students are not only hoped to be able to use language, but also to
receive and get information. In teaching and learning process, the material should be arranged carefully. The material has to be a
rranged based on the students’ need, desire and ability. It means that the teacher has to prepare the material as well as
possible before teaching-learning process. The teacher is urged to be creative in order to their students get the point easily. It is very important for students who learn
foreign language. To get the best result in teaching English, the students should be
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Ag Bambang Setiyadi, Teaching English As a Foreign Language Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu, 2006, p.20.
given more opportunities to apply the language by giving them practice in speaking and writing.
According to Lim in Aprilia, the purpose of teaching foreign language is enable the students to use the language to communication.
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It means that, in learning English the teacher does not only give the students theory about English but also heshe has
time for practicing in their communication whether written or spoken through English language instruction. To achieve the target, the English teacher should be able to
motivate the students in the classroom. According to Brown, teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something.
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It means that teaching is given instruction, guiding in studying something, providing with knowledge and causing
understanding.
B. Concept of Writing
We know that writing is one of skill in language should be mastered by the students. Besides that writing is one way to send message and information from the writer to
the reader. There are a lot of definitions about writing that have been given by some experts. According to Byrne, writing is the act of forming letters or combination of
letters: making marks on flat surface of same kind. It is more than the production of graphic symbol, just are speech is more than the production of sounds. The symbols
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Nuri Aprilia, An Analysis of Language Mechanical Error in Paragraph Writing IAIN Lampung : unpublished Thesis, 2012, p.8.
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H. Douglas Brown, Teaching Principle of Language Learning and Teaching London : Longman, 1980, p.5.
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