THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING GRAMMAR (STRUCTURES) IV COURSE AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF TARBIYAH FACULTY ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Authors

  • Raida Asfihana IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18592/let.v3i2.1391

Keywords:

Needs, Grammar IV

Abstract

The students’ needs of English have been a never ending issue for recent years. It is always be an interesting topic to be discussed as well as investigated through a series of research. This following research report is a description of the students’ need of taking Grammar IV course at Tarbiyah Faculty of IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin. The students were asked to fill in a questionnaire dealing with their needs of taking that course. The result shows that they think that grammar mastery is important for them and they prefer to do much practice on TOEFL exercise (the section of Structures and`Written Expression) through this course.

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Published

2017-05-16

How to Cite

Asfihana, R. (2017). THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING GRAMMAR (STRUCTURES) IV COURSE AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF TARBIYAH FACULTY ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013. LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal, 3(2), 106–124. https://doi.org/10.18592/let.v3i2.1391

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

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