This research was about the use of translation method which aimed to find out the use of translation method by sixth semester students of english literature department. This research focused on what are the translation method used by sixth semester students based on the theory of translation method proposed by Newmark.
This research was about syntactical errors in writing which was produced by the third semester students of English and Literature Department of Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. This research based on the surface strategy taxonomy theory by Dulay, Burt and Karshen.
the findings of this research showed that the level of students' interest at SMPN 2 in Takalar was very high.