The Process of Teaching Present Perfect Tense

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2. The Process of Teaching Present Perfect Tense

After finishing the process of teaching Past Tense, the writer started to conduct the process of teaching Present Perfect Tense. In conducting this process, the writer should ascertain the students had understood the last material about the use of Simple Past Tense so that this process could run well. The process of teaching Present Perfect Tense to eight graders of SMP N 22 Surakarta had the same stages as the process of teaching Simple Past Tense. The stages were: 2.1 Presentation At this stage, the writer introduced an example of the use of Present Perfect Tense in daily life. The writer presented it in the form of conversations between two students which was adapted from the students’ handbook, as follows: First, the writer asked four students to read the conversations in front of the class. It aim s at stimulating students’ readiness and interest in Rita : Look The blackboard is very clean now. Aldi : It’s because I’ve cleaned the blackboard already. Ahmad : Why don’t you eat your noodle? Tia : I have eaten my lunch so I am full. commit to user 30 learning new materials. It also aims at developing their speaking skills and bravery to speak in front of the class. After that, the writer discussed about the vocabulary. The writer gave also oral questions related to the text to measure whether the students had understood the main idea of the conversation above or not. 2.2 Isolation and Explanation At this stage, the writer started involving the students to focus on the grammatical item on the text. The writer re-read the conversation and emphasized on the underlined words because it contained Present Perfect Tense pattern. After that, the writer made a note on the whiteboard in order to make the students understand more easily about the material. To make the students understand easily, the writer made a note in Indonesian. Here are the notes about the use of Present Perfect Tense that the writer gave: 1. Present Perfect Tense digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu kegiatan yang sudah dilaksanakan dan berfokus pada hasilakibat dari kegiatan tersebut. Present Perfect Tense is used to show the activity which has been completed and the focus is on the results. 2. Rumus Present Perfect Tense The pattern of Present Perfect Tense : + Subject + havehas + V 3 - Subject + havehas + not + V 3 ? HaveHas + Subject + V 3 ? commit to user 31 After explaining the note above, the writer gave examples based on activities which have been done by the students in their daily life so they could understand easily about the use of the tense in the real life. The writer also explained about when the students should use either “have + V 3 ” or “has + V 3 ” in making a sentence or solving problem of a question. The use of Verb 3 in Present Perfect Tense was also discussed briefly by the writer because she had given list of verb 1 , verb 2 , and verb 3 to the students in previous meeting. 2.3 Practice The students’ understanding about Present Perfect Tense was measured through this stage. The writer gave many exercises to the students in order to make them more familiar with the use of Present Perfect Tense. Some of the exercises were taken from the student’s worksheet and students’ handbook. The writer still gave guidance to them 3. Keterangan waktu Adverbs of time Already : sudah Just : baru saja Evernever : pernahtidak pernah Since + titik waktu : sejak …. For + jumlah waktu : selama …. 4. Kata “so sehingga” dalam Present Perfect Tense digunakan untuk menceritakan akibathasil dari kegiatan tersebut. The word “so” in Present Perfect Tense is used to show the result of the activity. commit to user 32 in doing the exercise because the students should be accustomed first to solving the problem of questions. The other exercises were also made by the writer and it consisted of individual exercises or in group exercises. The students were given time to do it and then the writer gave them opportunity to write the answer on the whiteboard. The writer gave additional point to the active student so they had motivation to do the exercises well. 2.4 Test The writer gave simple written test because it consisted of multiple choice test and essay test. In this test, the students were asked to demonstrate the correct use of Present Perfect Tense’s pattern. After conducting the test, the writer also provided remedial test to the students who got scores under the passing grade.

D. The Method to Differentiate Between the Use of Simple Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense