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a. The Results of the Interview for the English Teacher of SMA BOPKRI
Yogyakarta
The interview was conducted on February 12, 2008 with a tenth grade English teacher of SMA BOPKRI I Yogyakarta. There were four questions given
to the English teacher. The first question asked about the importance of English for the students of Senior High School. The second one asked about the speaking
subject for the Senior High School students. It consisted of the reason whether or not speaking was needed for the students, and it consisted of the students’ interest
in learning. The third was about the teaching learning process in the class. It consisted of the method that was used by the teacher in class. The fourth was
about the theory of multiple intelligences. It consisted of the teachers’ understanding of the Multiple Intelligences Theory. The detailed information
about the result of the interview can be seen below.
1. The teacher confirmed that English is very important to be taught in Senior High School since English is a global language. It seemed to her that educated
people who wanted to get success must be able to master English, both in spoken and written. She added that she wanted her student to be able to master English
well, in order to be able to compete in the world. He believed that English would lead them to be a better life in the future.
2. The teacher stated that speaking skill was needed for Senior High School Students. Speaking was one of the skills that became the most issue. She said that
if students wanted to master English, they needed to be able to speak it. However, it seemed that students had lack motivation in speaking English. They were
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vocabulary, pronunciation, and confidence. She said that the students needed to be pushed harder to build their confidence. “It will be a hard challenge to me to ask
my students to speak English” she said. 3. The teacher said that she used lecturing and group discussion in teaching
learning activities. However, those activities did not improve their speaking much, since the students still speak with their first language in the group discussion.
Moreover, students were passive when the teacher taught them.
4. The teacher stated that she had heard once about the theory of multiple intelligences, but she did not really understand the application of multiple
intelligence theory in teaching learning process, or more specifically in teaching speaking to the students.
From the interview with the English teacher of SMA BOPKRI I Yogyakarta, it can be concluded that it is necessary for researchers to design English materials
that will help students speak English better. In this case, designing speaking materials based on the multiple intelligences theory for the tenth grade students of
Senior High School.
b. The Results of the Questionnaires for the Tenth Grade Students of SMA
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