Concept of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE

A. Concept of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

English is the language which is a most-widely used by people all over the world. They use it as either their native language, second language, or foreign language. People in Indonesia use english as foreign language it means that they don‟t use it as a means of their everyday communication; however, they just formally learn it at school as a compulsory subject. They are thaught the four language skills i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and the components of language such as grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Consequently, according to the objective of English instruction, they are expected to able to master the skills and communicate in both oral and written forms. However, teaching English as a foreign language should be different from teaching it as a second language. Setiyadi states that language teaching is influenced by ideas on the nature of language language theories and the learning condition that make learners to acquire the language language theories. Differences in language theories may affect the selection of the teaching methods. 1 It means that teaching English as a foreign language, the teacher should know what they do in order that he or she can make his or her students learn it. In 1Ag. Bambang setiyadi, Teaching English as a foreign language. Graha ilmu. Yogyakarta. 2006. p. 20 9 other words, the teacher should prepare the materials, instructions, and teachig technique well. In addition, Brown states that teaching showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instructions, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand. 2 it means teaching English as a foreign language has function for teacher to make easy giving something or instruction to students what students to do in learning english. Based on explanation before, that teaching English as a foreign language is process learning English on a nature condition from students and the teacher helps students with giving materials and instructions untill students undrestand what they to do.

B. Concept of Teaching and learning