CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
English. Commonly, it is studied not only to help the students or learners to master
this language in oral and written but also to comprehend the books, magazines,
newspapers and other information sources which are written in English. Students
have to study this language because it has been a part of curriculum in school or
importance for human beings whose mother tongue is not English. Without
translation, the information, technology and so forth can’t be transferred into the
importance in the modern world and it is a subject of interest not only to linguist,
professional and amateur translators and language teachers, but also to electronic
Translation activity has one or more specific purposes and whichever they
communication vehicle among peoples, and also most translation theorists agreed
increasingly demanding that translators transfer texts to a target language that is not
their mother tongue, but a foreign language.
views as to what the essential skills of teaching are, and to different approaches to
the preparation of teachers”. Smith (1996:35) also states that the success of failure of
the teaching language program is often evaluated from the method used by teacher,
because it is the method that determines that material and the way of teaching a
language.
The above statements emphasize that the using of method is an important key
Indonesia. And it is hoped that the result of this investigation can help teachers and
students of English.
it appeals to more sense including the sense of sight. When the teacher demonstrates
an action he may express the verb and this action appeals to the students ears. The
translation taught in this way hopefully make the students motivated and interesting
SMP N 2 Peusangan?
1. To know if the third year students of SMP N 2 Peusangan can improve their
Peusangan.
1.4 Significance of the Research
This study is hope can give meaningful knowledge both for theoretical and
practical concerns. Theoretically, the study gives reasonable benefit in describing the
the third year students of SMP N 2 Peusangan. Practically, the finding of the research
Meanwhile for the students, they are hoped to be able to improve their translation
ability through demonstration as a technique so that they can translate any text in
translating English into Indonesian. The writer focused on noun and verb in the text
that can be demonstrated. The texts on which the writer chooses are based on the
In this thesis, the writer gives some explanation about a few key terms. These
key terms’ function is to make the reader understand exactly about a few words or
phrases.
instructor gives an oral presentation or subject matter while showing object, action,
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and demonstration implies action or physical and process” (Donn Byrn, 1992:188).
In this research, this technique was implemented by the researcher to improve the
language. (Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary, 2003: 460). In this research, it means
teacher which its result can be used as a tool to improve the teaching and learning
(McNiff, 1992:1 in Asrori, 2008:4). In this study, the researcher implements this kind
of research to improve the translation teaching and learning process of third year