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a. Learning Simple Past Tense in Learning Recount for Speaking Class
In speaking class which the topic was recount, the design aimed to help students understand simple past tense. In this design, the teaching technique was
guessing game. The designed learning activity was based on theories of Direct Method DM, Total Physical Response TPR which had been stated in Chapter
2. Related to the theories of DM and TPR, the researcher included pantomime and movements physical activity in the designed learning activity. It aimed to help
students understand simple past tense through movements or physical activity. After that, the students had to guess the movements which the volunteer did and
they practiced to make sentences in simple past tense form orally. The material used to support the designed learning activity was cards. The cards consisted of
verbs, adjectives, and adverb of time which were used to help the students guess and make the sentences.
b. Learning Simple Past Tense in Learning Recount for Writing Class
For writing class which the topic was recount, the researcher created design of learning activity to develop students’ ability to use simple past tense.
The teaching technique of the designed learning activity was learning tense through pictures. Therefore, the material used to support the designed learning
activity was pictures. The pictures helped the students know the verbs which would be used to make sentences. The designed learning activity was based on
theory of Total Physical Response TPR. The researcher also included movements or physical activity in the designed learning activity. In this designed
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in which the movements were based on the pictures, and then students make sentences orally. After that, they discussed together the tense of those sentences.
c. Learning Past Progressive Tense in Learning Narrative for Speaking