

While time itself in the sense of past time in the form of a line extending straight forward and show continuity. Past time is essentially the study of man and his life in the context of a particular time. So, it can make some students less in grammar lesson. Sometimes they make a mistake because of the lack of knowledge of the regular and irregular verb form which used in simple past tense. In this case they have to be able to distinguish the form of the verb and usage. Show time in the past and are now finished.

Douglas Brown, Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy, (2nd ed, New York : Prentice-Hall Inc ,2001), p. One of them that is considered to be most difficult to learn for Junior High School ( SMP ) Negeri 15 Kerinci’s students are tenses like simple past tense tense that 1 They are like : articles, part of speech, sentence pattern, tenses, etc. Grammar has some aspects that can’t be ignored. 1 From some students, studying grammar is uninteresting subject during learning process more over they try to avoid them because it is confusing and hard to understanding. According to Brown, grammar or structure is the system of rules governing the conventional arrangment and relationship of words in a sentence. Among those language components grammar has been identified as the most challenging aspect for the learners of English to learn.

Listening, Speaking, Writing and Reading.įurthermore beside of the supporting component, the important thing to understand are : grammar or structure, vocabulary, and pronunciation these are expected to enable students to master the language quickly. Background of the Problems The teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Indonesia is intended to develop the students ability in English of each component of the language learning those are:
