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Grammar Translation Method (GTM) is a method that focuses on discribing the translation and mastering the grammar.

Children are like white paper as it was said by Psychologist, John Lock. It depends on who writes on it and what color the ink is used. If we write with black ink, the writing will be black and if we write with red ink, it will be red as well.

The game is to train the student’s concentration and listening

Steps:

- Prepare some words or sentences

- Divide the students into some small groups

- Per group is 4 - 5 students

- Whisper a word or a sentence to one of the member of the group

- Then, he or she whisper to his/her friend in one group

- The latest member of the group writes the whispered word or sentence on the black board.

Nurcholish Madjid adalah seorang ilmuwan muslim yang menginginkan adanya pembaharuan dalam pemikiran Islam. Ia satu dari sekian anak bangsa yang lahir dari lingkungan “santri”. Semasa hidupnya ia aktif dalam dunia pendidikan. Ia mendirikan Yasasan Paramadina sebagai wahana untuk mengembangkan ide-ede cemerlangnya. Tak ayal banyak orang tersentak mendengar pernyataan-pernyataan pembaharuannya.

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Memorizing some vocabularies is one of the ways to succeed in studying English. The followings are some tips to memorize:

1. take a small note
2. write down the new word on your note
3. try to guess its meaning
4. consult your dictionary
5. make some sentences from this word

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Speaking Drill

By Arif Yosodipuro

Visiting Museum

Anita and her friends went to Ambarawa Museum in Semarang last vacation. Before going there they discussed in Anita’s house. They talked about how much money they needed, how they went there, and what time they wanted to go.

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Be in English is as link verb. This word is used in three places; nominal sentence, progressive or continuous sentence, and passive sentence.

Nominal sentence

Nominal sentence is the sentence that doesn’t consist of action verb. The sentence is related to noun, adjective, and adverb (time and place)

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