pictures. Pictures are not just an aspect of method but through their representation of place, object and people essential parts of the overall experiences.
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In order to solve learning English grammar which makes the students bored is by using pictures. Because using pictures is easy to get and easy to understand. The
use of pictures is helpful when students have limited experience and when they are just beginning to develop a stock of words. Therefore, some of the teachers use this
approach to get the purpose of teaching-learning process and make the class alive. To prove it, the writer wants to make an experimental study, by using pictures
in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective. From the background above, the writer is interested in searching about the effectiveness of using pictures in
reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective.
B. Statement of Problems
The writer conducts the study to see how well the pictures encourage student
s‟ understanding in degrees of comparison of adjective. The statement of the problem can be formulated into research question:
“Is there any effectiveness of using pictures in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective?”
C. Purpose of Study
The purpose of study is to find out the effectiveness of using pictures in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjectives for the second year students of MTS
Al-Falah Nagrak Bogor.
D. Method of Research
In collecting data, the writer took field research. In field research, the writer collects data by teaching and observing one class. The writer teaches one class by
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using pictures in teaching degrees of comparison of adjective. Besides that she also gives pre test and post test.
E. Significance of Study
Significance of Study from the research for: 1. Improving her knowledge in teaching grammar, especially in learning
degrees of comparison of adjectives by using pictures. 2. English teacher; the result of the study is expected to be useful for the
teacher to give an alternative way in teaching grammar especially in teaching degrees of comparison of adjective in order to motivate the student
in learning English grammar.
F. Limitation of Study
To avoid misunderstanding in interpreting the problem, it is necessary to make the limitation of the study. The writer will limit the problem as follows:
1. Using pictures is the technique that the writer analyses in this “Skripsi”.
2. The writer limits the subject matter to the Teaching and Learning English Grammar on degrees of comparison of adjective.
3. The effectiveness of using pictures that the writer wants to find in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjectives.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
