Teaching methods are most articulated to answering the questions ehrn we are teaching “what is the purpose of education?” and then “what are the best way of achieve these purpose?”. Many prehistory of education methods were largely informal, and consider of children imitating or modelling their behaviour on that of their elders, learning through observation and play. In this sense , the children are the student, and the elder is a teacher. So teacher create the course material to be tought and then enforces it.
Methods is a part of teaching component which is stated by important position besides purpose of teaching, teacher , students, environment, and evaluation (Thoifuri,2008:55). Thoifury adds that teaching process is not easy to be succesfull if the teacher cannot make a suitable method in teaching process. According to Hornby(1995:735), method is a way of doing somethink. He sttate that method are order efficient habits. Thoifuri suggest that methods are derived from Greek language that is “meta”, it means pass through or exeed; and “hados”, this word means a way. So, method is the way which is used by a teacher in transfering knowledge to the student so that they will get the purpose.
Classification of teaching methods
Teaching methods are classified into conventional methods and inconventional methods (Thoifuri,2008:59): here are the lisi of conventional teaching methods.
Conventional methods
Conventional methods is ussualy used by a teacher commonly or offten called traditional methods . They are :
a) Group work
Group work method is a method where the student are collected based on their ability.
b) Exercise method
Is a method oriented for the students to do much exercise. So the students will get a higher skill from their learning.
c) Discussion method
This method is a way of teaching learning process which is prepare by a teacher gives a chance for the students to doing scientific discussion to collect the arguments. And then from many argument are they, the student make a conclution, and arrangeany alternative way to solves the problem.
d) Speech method
This one is a method which is used to transfering the material exeeds talking using the mouth to the students.
e) Modelling method
This last method is used to realized the purpose of teaching that gives a good model to giving for the students. So every student can develop the mentality and personality.