Abstract:
Language is the media to convey our idea, our thought and our feeling.
Language is important in communication. Each nation has its own language. One
of them is English. English is very important because it is taught from primary up
to university. As every language, English also have same linguistic perception.
Grammar is included. Grammar is divided into spoken and written form. In the
written form, learners will find phrase or clause forming a grammatical unit which
has various functions where an apposition can occur.
The aim of the study is to analyze the appositive in the short story Clochette
by Guy de Maupassant and its contribution in English language teaching. The
researcher focuses on appositive found in the short story Clochette by Guy de
Maupassant and its contribution in English language teaching. The object of this
study was appositive found in the short story Clochette by Guy de Maupassant
and its contribution in English language teaching. Source of the data used in this
study was short story Clochette by Guy de Maupassant. The researcher used a
qualitative type of research to conduct this study and the researcher himself as the
key instrument. The researcher used descriptive qualitative research to explain
appositive found in the short story.
The result of this study showed that the researcher found 60
Englishappositives based on three major combinations in the sentence of the short
story Clochette by Guy de Maupassant. There are Full Apposition (15), Partial
Apposition (5), Strict Apposition (7), Weak Apposition (13), Nonrestrictive
Apposition (10), and Restrictive Apposition (10). Besides the result above, this
study also present the contribution of the use of short story in English language
teaching. The researcher puts the lesson plan in the chapter five in order to use the
short story as media in English language grammar teaching, especially appositive.
Finally, the researcher hopes that this thesis will support the learner in
learning English grammar and the teacher in teaching English grammar by using
written literature.
