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have to rearrange the sentence and written down on a piece of paper what they think it should be.
c. Answering One Question Behind This game is based on the simple idea that the students should answer not
the question they are being asked now, but the previous question pp. 223-224. The jumbled-word game can be defined as putting sentences back together
again since the rule is similar. In addition, Grambs and Carr 1991 reveal that the technique games is essential, not only for learning skills, but also in helping
children to work together as members of a group p. 178. In this research, the jumbled-word game is the learning methodtechnique to learn English grammar
used in constructing English sentences.
5. X AK Students in SMK Sanjaya Pakem
SMK Sanjaya Pakem is one of vocational high schools which is located in Pakem, Sleman. Mostly, the students are from the surrounding area. In addition,
there are some students who come from outside Yogyakarta. Moreover, the X AK accounting is the class in SMK Sanjaya Pakem which consists of 20 students.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In this chapter, the researcher would like to review some theories which are related to the problem of this research. This chapter is divided into two parts,
namely the theoretical description and the theoretical framework. In the theoretical description, the researcher discusses theories of writing skills,
sentence, jumbled-word game, and Classroom Action Research. Meanwhile, the theoretical framework will summarized theories used to solve the problem in this
research.
A. Theoretical Description
A theoretical description presents the theories which are relevant to this research. The theories are about writing skills, sentence, jumbled-word game, and
Classroom Action Research CAR.
1. Writing Skills
The researcher will discuss the nature of writing and the methods in teaching writing. The discussion will be presented as follows:
a. The Nature of Writing
Writing is one of four English skills that people should acquire. Nunan 2003 defines writing as a physical and mental act. Moreover, Nunan 2003
reveals that writing is a physical act of committing words or ideas to some medium, whether it is hieroglyphics inked onto parchment or an e-mail message
