English Education

Mother tongue refers to the language that a human learns from birth. Throughout this site, you will notice the words "mother tongue", "first language", and "native language" are often intermixed. These terms are all related to this same idea, and refer to the language a child is first exposed to, particularly from birth to 9 months. Children growing up in bilingual homes can have more than one mother tongue, provided that two languages were introduced at birth and equally developed through childhood. The level of development of children's mother tongue is a strong predictor of their second language development. Children who come to school with a solid foundation in their mother tongue develop stronger literacy abilities in the school language. When parents and other caregivers create time to spend time with their children and tell stories or discuss issues with them in a way that develops their mother tongue vocabulary and concepts, children come to sc...

Dear readers, today is time to learn about a procedural text. Do you know what procedural text is? Read my other posts please. In this occasion I would like writing about generic structure of a procedural text. The same as other types of text, narrative, descriptive, expository, a procedural text is also built by some structures, such as: A.   Generic structure of procedural text a.   The goal of the activity b.   Any materials needed to achieve the goal c.   Step to accomplish the goal B.   Generic features of procedural text a.   Procedures are a useful text type for ESL learners as the vocabulary is linked to highly contextualized experience. b.   Students can use diagrams and their own observations and experiences in writing procedural text. c.   The use of commands (i.e. the imperative form of the verb), e.g. ‘Put’, ‘don’t mix’ . d.   The use of the action verbs, e.g. ‘turn’, ‘pick up’, ‘don’t run’. Action verbs are used in instructions ...

Writing is the one of the four language skills and it is the most important process in learning English. It cannot be separated with every learning process experienced by the students as long as they are still in educational process. Kalayo Hasibuan (2007) [1] stated that writing is both process and a product. We learn to write by writing. Moreover Grenville (2001) [2] also point out that No one’s born knowing how to write-but it is a skill that most people can learn, and the more you do it, the easier it becomes. It is also stressed by Simon (2003) [3] good writing does not happen overnight. It involves a process. As a one of the important skills process, writing allows the students to master every category that can give good influence to their writing ability in each level of Educations. One of the categories to master the writing skill is through the mastery of grammar. H. Douglas Brown (1994 ) [4] stated that Grammar is a system of rules gover...