Abstract
This study is conducted in a classroom action research to improve the students’ achievement in writing English sentences in Present Perfect Tense in Structure 1 lessons. The subject consisted of 20 Semester II students who took Structure I lessons in English Education Department of Palangka Raya University, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The data were taken from the results of pre test and post test after the action was done. The results show that in cycle 1, in which the explanations were fully in English, only 40% of the students got a good achievement; 5-7 out of 20 test items were correct. After cycle 2 was done using L1 interchangeably with English in the explanations, the students’ achievement of writing English sentences in Present Perfect Tense increased to 75%, in which 15-18 out 20 test items were correct.
Highlights
In the field of foreign language teaching especially English, various other professionals agreed with the above statement that L1 has a necessary and facilitating role in L2 classrooms
In Indonesia, the term mostly used in the English teaching is English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Usadiati (2003) in her case study in a tertiary education stated that the use of L1 in EFL classrooms was deemed more communicative to arouse the students’ live experiences that allowed them to express themselves in L1 first, in English
Summary
In the field of foreign language teaching especially English, various other professionals agreed with the above statement that L1 has a necessary and facilitating role in L2 classrooms. Usadiati (2003) in her case study in a tertiary education stated that the use of L1 in EFL (in this case, ESP) classrooms was deemed more communicative to arouse the students’ live experiences that allowed them to express themselves in L1 first, in English. This was done for the purpose of comprehending the context of English sentences that the teacher made for adaptations and modifications. This is with the consideration to familiarize the students with English so that after they are graduated they can use English communicatively
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