TEACHING PREPOSITION

USING
DIRECT METHOD

B Y:
• D E W I S R I WA H Y U N I N G S I H
• K H A E F I AT U N N I S A
• K O R I I N D R I YA N I
WHAT IS DIRECT METHOD?

• A method to teach how to use a foreign

language to communicate.
• Using the target language to communicate and
to translate
THE GOALS

Students learn how to communicate

in the target language
THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER AND THE
STUDENTS
• Teacher and students are more like partners
in the teaching and learning process
CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING AND
LEARNING
• Using demonstration and visual aids,with no recourse to
the students‘ native language (Diller1978)
• Example of visual aids: pictures, realia, gesture
• Grammars are taught inductively
• No translation is allowed
THE NATURE OF STUDENT-TEACHER
INTERACTION
• The interaction goes both ways
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE VIEW

• Language is primarily spoken

• Everyday speech, daily lives
• History, geography
AREA OF LANGUAGE EMPHASIZE

•Vocabulary
•Oral communication
HOW IS EVALUATION ACOMPLISED?

• They are asked to use both oral and written

skills
HOW DOES THE TEACHER RESPOND
TO STUDENT ERRORS?
• The teacher, employing various techniques, tries to
get students to self-correct whenever possible.
THE TECHNIQUES
• Reading aloud
• Question and answer exercise
• Getting students to self-correct
• Conversation practice
• Fill-ln-the-blank exercise
• Dictation
• Map drawing
TEACHER’S REFERENCES

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 PREPOSITION

A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship

between two things.
• Location (on, under, in)
• Timing (before, after, during)
• Direction (from, toward, to)
PREPOSITION
• At, in, on, to, from
near, beside, between,
Place among, above, below,
under, in front of, in
back of, by

• At, on, in, before,

Preposition Time after, since, during,
for, till, from

Direction • To, into, toward

 1. Preposition of place yaitu kata depan yang
menunjukkan tempat

a. At (di)
- Address : at Cut Nyak Dien Street
- Building or large place : at the swimming pool
- A village or town on journey: at a village near Pesawaran.
b. In (di)
- Public place : in the garden
- Inside building or large place : in the swimming pool.
- A village, town or country : in a village, in Bandar Lampung, in
America

c. On (di/diatas) : Put it on the table

d. To (ke): I will go to Bali.
 1. PREPOSITION OF PLACE YAITU KATA
DEPAN YANG MENUNJUKKAN TEMPAT

e. From (dari): She comes from America

f.  Near (dekat): My house is near that barbershop
g. Beside (disamping): Don’t sit beside me !
h. Between (antara), menunjukkan dua orang atau
benda : She is sitting between her two sisters
i. Among (antara), menunjukkan ketika keadaannya
banyak orang atau benda : she is sitting among her
sistersj.
j. Above (diatas) : Complete that sentences above !
 1. PREPOSITION OF PLACE YAITU KATA DEPAN
YANG MENUNJUKKAN TEMPAT

k. Below (dibawah), digunakan berkenaan dengan ukuran tinggi, temperatur atau sesuatu yang
berada di satu tempat/lokasi : Put the bag below that chair !
l. Under (dibawah), Under digunakan bila sesuatu di bawah yang lain : She sits under the tree
m. In front of (didepan) : I live in front of Adi’s house
n. In back of (dibelakang): His house is in back of my house
o. By (dengan/melalui/oleh) : Put the pens by my books, I make the cake by myself
 PREPOSITION OF TIME
(kata depan yang menunjukkan waktu)

• At : pada/pukul. Contoh : at 11 a.m (pukul 11 pagi), at night (pada malam hari), at dawn (pada
fajar/subuh), at noon (pada sore hari), at midnight (pada tengah malam), at weekend (pada
akhir minggu), at Christmas (pada hari natal)
• On : pada. Umumnya digunakan ketika menunjukkan keterangan :
- Hari (Day) : on Friday (pada hari jumat), on Saturday night (malam minggu)
- Tanggal (Date) : on May 21st (pada 21 mei)
- Perayaan (Celebration) : on Christmas day (pada hari natal)
 PREPOSITION OF TIME
(kata depan yang menunjukkan waktu )

• In : di/pada. Digunakan ketika menunjukkan keterangan :

- Waktu (Time) : in the morning (dipagi hari), in the evening (disore hari)
- Bulan (Month) : in June (pada/di bulan juni), in October (pada/di bulan oktober)
- Cuaca (Season) : in winter (pada musim dingin), in summer (pada musim panas)
- Tahun (Year) : in 2012 ((pada/di tahun 2012), in 1945 (pada/di tahun 1945)
 PREPOSITION OF TIME
(kata depan yang menunjukkan waktu )
• Before : sebelum. Contoh : The office is very busy before Idul Fitri
• After : setelah. Contoh : We had to take the taxi home after the
• Since : sejak. Contoh : We study in the University since 2011
• During : selama. Contoh : The teacher have taught during 2 years
• For : selama. Contoh : The teacher have taught for 2 years
• Till / Until : sampai. Contoh : Their uncle is staying with them till Friday.
• From … To / till / until : dari … sampai . Contoh :
-  The Shop is open from nine to five
- The sale was from December 20th Until January 3rd 
 )

PREPOSITION OF DIRECTION
(kata depan menunjukkan arah

• To : ke. Contoh : She went to the library (dia pergi ke perpustakaan)

• Into : kedalam. Contoh : He jumped into the river (dia melompat kedalam sungai)
• Toward : kearah. Contoh : He ran away when he felt that someone was coming toward (dia
melarikan diri ketia dia merasa ada seseorang yang datang kearahnya)
STEPS
• Teacher provides a text
• Students are invited to read a text one by one.
• Teachers point out to a location where the students mean from the text.
• Students ask question
• Teacher asks questions
• Students reply teacher’s question in full sentence
• Students ask question
• Teacher correct pronunciation before the student repeats his/her question
• Students reply other students’ questions
• Teacher asks question about the students in the classroom
• Students make question or statement to other students
• Students do exercise to fill the blank sentence.
NEXT MEETING

• Review the text

• Following teacher’s direction to draw a house
• Writing a paragraph
• Discussion
TEACHING MATERIALS

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 TINA’S HOUSE
Tina lives in a suburban area. She lives in a very nice house. Now, she
wants to show us her house. It is a small house with a wide yard. The wall is
pink with the purple door. There are two windows at the wall. The door lies
between the windows, and there is chimney on the roof. There is a big tree
beside the house. This tree makes the air around her house fresh. Every
morning, the sun rises behind the house. In front of the house, there are a lot
of green grass grow on her yard. Tina plants some flowers on the yard.
Look, Tina is standing in front of her house.
This is Tina’s
house
NOW, COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
BASED ON THE PICTURE.
1. Tina is standing the house.
2. There is a chimney the roof.
3. Tina plants the flower her field.
4. The grass grow her house.
5. We can see sun rises Tina’s house.
REVIEW

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EXAMPLE 1

The mouse is on the table.

EXAMPLE 2

The pizza in the oven is mine.

EXAMPLE 3

The girl by the door is my sister.

EXAMPLE 4

The runners raced around the track.

LISTEN CAREFULLY AND DRAW A
PICTURE.
• Jack lives in a big house with wide garden.
• There are three big trees behind his house, two trees on the right side and one tree on the left side.
• There is a small swimming pool between two trees on the right side.
• Jack build a tree house on one of the trees.
• Jack has a dog, named Bingo. He is playing on the yard.
• On his yard, jack plant many flowers and he put two chairs and one table on the left side of his yard.
• There is white fence in front of his yard.
• There are foot steps in front of his house.
• He put some small lamps at the side of the foot steps.
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REFERENCES

• (https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/preposition/)
• https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary/preposition
https://www.ilmubahasainggris.com/pengertian-macam-dan-contoh-preposition-dalam-bahasa
-inggris/
• Larsen and Freeman. 2008. Techniques and Principals in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Thank you…