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B. Concept of Teaching and Learning
Teaching is the systematic activity which includes many components. Every component cannot be sparated, but it has to be run together dependently and
continually. For the reason, it is necessary for having a good management in teaching. According to Brown states, “Teaching is guiding and fasilitating
learning, enabling learner learns will determine your philosophy of education, your teaching style, your approach, method, and classroom technique”.
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From the theoris above, it can be conclude that teaching is to give someone
knowledge, setting the conditions for learning. Learning is a process of changing from not knowing to knowing. Particulary, this
research discusses the learning process of vocabulary in English especially about noun. According to Brown, learning is acquiring or getting of knowledge of a
subject or a skill by studying, experiencing, of instruction. It is relatively permanent change in a behavioral tendency and the result of reinforced practice.
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In addition, learning involves activeness, concious focus on and acting upon events outside or inside the organism, and also some froms of practices, perhaps
reinforced practices. Learning can be defined as changes in behavior. This change occurs as a consequence of experience in some forms of practices. Learning can
be defined as changes occurs as a consequence of experience in some specify
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H. Douglas Brown, The Principle of Learning and Teaching, New Jersey, Prentice hall, 2000, p.7
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Ibid, p.7
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scientific law, and attitude. The change is not merely incidental or natural in the way the human appearance change as people get older.
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According to the theories above, it can be concluded that teaching is to give someone knowledge, setting the conditions for learning and learning is the
process of getting the students understanding for the lesson that the teacher give to them.
C. Concept of Vocabulary 1. Definition