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Learning English Speaks Through Kind of Present Tenses 

INTRODUCTION

I As A Student In Kuningan University of West Java Faculty of Education and Teacher Training. I  would introduce the major of this faculty has many department especially Department of English Education.   

I  make this paper for finishing Ujian Tengah Semester / Middle Test from Writing for Academic Purposes course. The writer would like to say  thanks to Mr. Fahruz Zaman Fadly, M.Pd as a Writing for Academic Purposes Lecturer, who has given us the opportunity to make this paper.

English is an important language in society and it is acceptable around the world. Many TVs, radio broadcast, international conference, etc are using English as its interpreting tools. Language as a tool  of communication has an important role in human life. It can help people delivering their idea and expression to communicate with others. English as an international language has become a main language and even a subject in several countries which must learn and use. In addition, Mendikbud (2013) notes that “English is the second language subject that must be learned after Bahasa.According to the 2013 Curriculum, English language learning aims to make language learners able to use the language being learned in oral and written communication (UU RI No. 20/2003).

Speaking is the most important among the four language skills since ESL learners need using the English Language in a virtual context. Speaking is a productive skill that involves using speech to express meaning to other people (Spratt, Pulverness, & Williams, 2005).  Burns and Joice (1993) argue that one of the most important aspects of speaking is that it always occurs within a context. When someone speaks, he/she is both using language to carry out various social functions and choosing forms of language which relate in a relevant way to the cultural and social context. No one considers that someone is good at Engllish if he/she good at English if he/she cannot use this language in conversation. But, to have speaking ability is not easy, especially for students.

Tenses One of the lessons that taught in grammar is tense. Tense has an important role in mastering English. By knowing and understanding kinds, formulas and functions of tenses, it can help students to use English well. According to Kreidler, “Tense is a system of contrast that locates the general meaning of the proposition in the past, present, or future, from the timeperspective of the speaker.” In addition, Nordquist states that tense is the time of a verb's action or state of being, such as present or past. Meanwhile, Angela Downing and Philip Locke state, “Tense is the grammatical expression of the location of the events in time.” In short, it can be concluded that tense is the grammatical expression of the location of the event in time, such as past, present or future.

English has 16 kinds of tenses. Every tense has name, formula, and function which are different. English tenses are divided into two parts, they are fundamental and branch tenses. The fundamental tense consists of  Present, Past, Future and Past Future. Meanwhile, the branch tense consists of Simple, Continuous/Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Continuous.

From this paper,we can know their ability about What is a tenses? How many tenses they must learn, what the function of the tenses they know? And what the difference between each other tenses? In this papper will expain that. So as a students in Department of English Education, we can know and Understand about this lesson.

The Definitions based on each Present tense kind 

1. Simple Present Tense   

According to (Krohn : 1971), simple present tense is tense denoting an action happening in this time.  This tenses used to express habits, repeated actions, general truths and to give instructions or directions (rahmah, 2010). 

Patterns : 

(+) S + Verb1 (s/es) + O/C    

(-) S +  don’t/doesn’t + Verb1 + O/C    

(?) Do/Does + S + Verb1 + O/C  

Example : 

(+) he drives a bus 

(-)  he doesn’t drive a bus 

(?) does he drive a bus ?

2. Present Continuous Tense   

Present Continuous Tense a tense of verbs  used in describing action that is on-going. This tense use in when we talk about something which is happening at the time of speaking, happening around the time of speaking, about a period around the present, and talk about changing situations (rahmah, 2010). 

Patterns : 

(+) S + Tobe + Ving + O/C     

(-) S + Tobe + not + Ving + O/C     

(?) Tobe + S + Ving + O/C 

Example :

(+) They are speaking English well. 

(-)  They aren’t speaking English well. 

(?)  Are they speaking English well.

3. Present Perfect Tense  

Present Perfect Tense a tense of verb used to describe an action that started in the past and continues in the present, performed during a period that has not yet finished, recently completed actions and to describe an action when the time is not important (rahmah, 2010). 

Patterns : 

(+) S + Have/has + Verb3 + O/C     

(-) S + Have/Has + Not + Verb3 + O/C     

(?) Have/Has + S + Verb3 + O/C

Example : 

(+) She has gone to Canada. 

(-)  She hasn’t gone to Canada. 

(?) Has she gone to Canada ?

REFERENCE

JOURNAL

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