IMPROVING
THE VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE STUDENTS OF SMAN USING QUANTUM TEACHING METHOD
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
BACKGROUND
English is an international language. In facing the free
market era its role will be more seriously felt. The era is known as a
mega-competition, in which competitors have to possess the pre-requirement of
being able to use English as communication means. It is the striving for
understanding all aspects of global existence through information exchange. We
cannot keep the science development and global technology development in
balance, without the mastery of English. There are some books, some recent
researchers, some new articles, some written mass medias, and some other
information in website, that are commonly presented in English. Thus, the
English mastery is more helpful to the process of knowledge acquisition,
especially in the field of education to promote its quality.
English has been adopted as a major from junior high school
stage to the university stage. It is expected that the students obtain the
English communication skills. English communication skills are required to aid
the knowledge and technology development, culture and art development, and the
escalation of international relationship (Depdikbud, 1994). These skills are
reading skill, listening skill, speaking skill, and writing skills that are
treated in integrated teaching learning model. The other grammatical units such
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