Teaching Writing

WRITING SHORT STORY USING NARRATIVE APPROACH

By HAMIDDIN

            ABSTRACT

Narrative approach is basic technique in preparing the students are able to write a narration paragraph. Narrative is related to tell a story. In teaching writing in literature classroom, the teacher uses narrative approach to write a short story. Besides teaching writing paragraph, the teacher also teaches literature aspects especially short story aspects. Theoretically, this approach include to teaching of writing kinds of paragraph but practically, this approach can be involve in writing a short story in the literature classroom for students in university.

Keywords: narrative approach, short story, teaching writing.

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Teaching Poetry for English Students of Indonesia

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF POEMS

USING TWO STAY-TWO STRAY STRATEGY

(A Cooperative Learning Approach)

Hamiddin

(a lecturer of English Department of FKIP Unisma, email: ibnu_syam@yahoo.com)

Abstract

The study is directed to improve students’ comprehension of poems using the Two Stay-Two Stray strategy. The subject of this study is 23 students of the sixth semester of English department of FKIP at Islamic University of Malang. This study uses collaborative action research design which consists of four main steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The data is taken from quiz, observation checklist and field notes. The findings indicate that using TS-TS strategy can improve the students’ comprehension of poems. The average score of students’ test in Cycle 2 is 80 and the students’ active involvement in Cycle 2 is 86%. The data are obtained from the implementation of TS-TS strategy in improving students’ comprehension of poems.

Key Words: comprehension of poems, Two Stay-Two Stray Strategy

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Syllabus for Introduction to Literature

Syllabus for Introduction to Literature

(for Indonesia Students, University Level)

I. INTRODUCTION

The interest to learn English for Indonesian people becomes greater than before. English is a foreign language has been taught in every levels of education in Indonesia such as: elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and university level. Learning English as foreign language both English skill and English knowledge provides some advantages for the students. The students who learn English skills, the students are expected to be able to communicate English orally or written. While, the students who learn English not only English skills but also English knowledge, they are expected to be able to have some theoretical and practical knowledge of English teaching. Moreover, the curriculum or syllabus design of English teaching in Indonesian should be arranged based on the students’ needs and levels of education.

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