MAXIMIZING GRAMMAR SCORE FOR SMA STUDENTS BY NIKMAH NURBAITY

Grammar????? Some wrong opinions It is a set of rules to remember Meaning is not important at all It is just formula It is the most difficult part of English It is not important in speaking

Some facts and questions about grammar teaching Does grammar contribute a lot to the students score? Is it the most favorite part most teachers like doing in the class? Is it the only test given to the students? Is it the easy and accurate measurement to measure students competence?

Teaching Grammar? Start with interesting activity Start with interesting activity Give meaningful understanding in explaining Emphasize the use and form Give special characteristic ( clue ) of using the target grammar Give more examples ( in CTL ) Let the students experience constructing their own sentences using the target grammar their own sentences using the target grammar

Give more chances to experience the productive skill ( joint and independent construction ) Give the real examples of various kinds of test directly after finishing one target Give more chances to try the various kinds of test ( daily, midterm, semester, national exam, UMPTN, TOEIC, TOEFL ) Let the students experience doing the various levels of difficulty

Grammar to be mastered in SMA 1.Tenses2.Passive 3.Conditional sentences 4.Reported speech 5.Subjunctive6.Causative 7. Modal

8. adjective clause 9. noun clause 10.adverbial clause 11. noun 12. verb 13. preposition 14. conjunction

15. pronoun 16. elliptic 17. question tag 18. preference 19.adjective order 20. wh question 21. concord

22.Gerund 23.Present participle 24. Past participle 25. Part of speech

Grammar in SKL present perfect continuous tense 2. future perfect tense 3. passive 4. causative have and get 5. subjunctive 6. should have verb III

Some difficulties faced by students: To differenciate active and passive in various tenses, for example : Is discussing has been discussed Is discussed has been discussing Has discussed had discussed Is being discussed will have discussed Was discussed was being discussed Will be discussing had been discussing Will be discussed had been discussed Discusses discussed Will discussed

Note for students: to be verb ing : me to be verb ing : me to be verb III : di to be verb III : di master the time signals master the time signals Other problems with have in causative Have to repair it had repaired it Had to repair it have been repaired Have it repaired have a lot of things

Subjunctive and conditional School exercises : find the facts National exam : find the meaning students are trapped in grammar rules,do not realize the meaning students are trapped in grammar rules,do not realize the meaning

Conjunction : it is difficult for students to see the relation between the main clause and the subordinate clause it is difficult for students to see the relation between the main clause and the subordinate clause cant get the whole understanding of the sentence for example : cant get the whole understanding of the sentence for example : ……his father objection, the boy left for Jakarta to get a job. ……his father objection, the boy left for Jakarta to get a job.

Common errors : - students cant identify what is actually - students cant identify what is actually tested. tested. - students can not recognize the clue - students can not recognize the clue for example : for example : Finally he succedded in …….his uncle address. Finally he succedded in …….his uncle address.

And there are still a lot of common errors that the students make. It is the teachers challenge to know what are those common errors then how to help the students to overcome. thank you…………………… thank you……………………