Translation as The Combination of Linguistics And Culture Skills: One Method of Teaching Tenses

Abstract

Tense is the concept of time which functions to frame a sentence. Mastering tenses well will help EFL learners understand English grammar. English grammar which is composed of tenses is an important part of language and it forms the bone of the body, language. For the reason that simple present is the tense most frequently used in daily life, this study was limited to simple present tense.The objective of this study was to make learners understand the concept and to be able to use simple present correctly and accurately in describing routines, habits, daily activities, and general truth.The approach used in this study was grammar translation. In the purpose of learners can understand different concepts of simple present tense used in both languages L1 and L2, Presentation, Practice, Product (PPP) method was used in the process of teaching. The data of this study was obtained from written exams of 60 learners as the entire population which was divided into 30 learners as controlled group and 30 others as uncontrolled group. Most frequently occurred errors have been listed and analyzed in detail. The finding reveals that lower and the lowest level learners in controlled group had significant improvements of achievement after being treated with Grammar Translation Method and PPP method.