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TEACHERS’ TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING GRAMMAR IN JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS IN SALATIGA
Luthfi Retriansyah

Abstract
The way of teaching grammar may be different for elementary, secondary,
tertiary, and undergraduate students. This study focused on the teaching
grammar in secondary schools, especially in junior high schools because the
curriculum said that the teaching of grammar in junior high school is not clearly
stated. Students will not master the grammar without any help. Therefore, a
teacher has a crucial role to help their students. This study aimed to describe
teachers’ techniques of teaching grammar in junior high schools in Salatiga. The
research participants were four English teachers from four different schools in
Salatiga. The data were collected using a nonparticipant observation and a semistructured interview. The results of this study found seven different techniques
used by the teachers in teaching grammar to their students. This study also
revealed two main reasons why the teachers used those techniques to teach
grammar to the students, which were to make the grammar more understandable
and to make students more enthusiastic in learning grammar.
Keywords: Grammar teaching, techniques, junior high school