Intensive Journal
Vol 1, No 1 (2018): April

HOW TO USE SMART FINGERS TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING ENGLISH TENSES

Ade Sudirman (English Education Department University of Mathla’ul Anwar, Banten Jl. Raya Labuan KM. 23 Cikaliung , Saketi, Pandeglang, Banten 42273, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2018

Abstract

This article informs how to use Smart Fingers technique in teaching English tenses. The Smart Fingers technique is a new teaching English tenses technique which   will help teachers or students to learn and master 16 English tenses fast due to its simplicity in its implementing. Meanwhile, tense itself is a part of grammar material that is often avoided by several English learners as it is very complicated lesson. In fact, English sentences used in daily activity and especially academic field consist of tenses. Thus, smart fingers technique becomes an alternative technique to overcome that problem. The use of this technique is so simple, just need fingers of hands. This article also discusses the kinds, functions of Smart Fingers and their achievement indicators. There are five kinds of Smart Fingers technique, namely Smart Fingers (SF) ”Memorizing Tenses”, SF “Naming Tenses”, SF “Auxiliary Verbs”, SF “Verbs vs To Be”, SF “Smart Short Tenses”. Each kind of Smart Fingers technique has different functions and achievement indicators.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EJB

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Intensive Journal [e-ISSN: 2620-4746] is a peer-reviewed journal which is published by Universitas Islam Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari published in April and October. Intensive Journal embodies research articles including: English Language Teaching and Learning, English Language and ...