Researcher T: Teacher Interview 1, Appendix E

Table 2: The Indicators of the quality of teaching and learning process No Indicators 1 LEARNING CLIMATE Teacher Characteristics: a. Teacher creates learning environments where students are active participants. b. Teacher motivates students to learn in a safe, healthy and supportive environment. c. Teacher displays effective and efficient classroom management. d. Teacher effectively allocates time. e. Teacher creates an environment where student work is valued, appreciated and used as a learning tool. Student Characteristics: a. Student accepts responsibility for hisher own learning. b. Student actively participates and is authentically engaged. c. Student collaboratesteams with other students. d. Student takes educational risks in class. 2 CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION Teacher Characteristics: Teacher uses student workdata, observations of instruction, assignments and interactions with colleagues to reflect on and improve teaching practice. 3 INSTRUCTIONAL RIGOR AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Teacher Characteristics: a. Teacher instructs the complex processes, concepts and principles contained in state and national standards b. Teacher makes effective classroom discussions, questioning, and learning tasks. c. Teacher provides meaningful learning opportunities for students. d. Teacher integrates a variety of learning resources. e. Teacher shares with students learning intentionstargets and criteria for success. Student Characteristics: a. Student articulates and understands learning intentionstargets and criteria for success. b. Student reads with understanding a variety of texts. 4 INSTRUCTIONAL RELEVANCE Teacher Characteristics: a. Teacher designs learning opportunities that allow students to participate in empowering activities b. Teacher uses clearly multiple representations, examples and explanations. c. Teacher incorporates student experiences, interests and real-life situations in instruction. d. Teacher makes lesson connections to community, society, and current events. Student Characteristics: a. Student poses and responds to meaningful questions. b. Student communicates knowledge and understanding in a variety of real-world forms. 5 KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENT Teacher Characteristics: a. Teacher demonstrates an understanding and in-depth knowledge of content to students. b. Teacher designs and implements standards-based courseslessonsunits using state and national standards. c. Teacher uses and promotes the understanding of appropriate content vocabulary. Student Characteristics: a. Student demonstrates knowledge. b. Student uses and seeks to expand appropriate content vocabulary. From the indicator above, some problems in the teaching and learning in the fourth grade of SDN Ngringin can be identified. Some indicators related to teaching climate, instructional relevance, and others are helpful to code some problems in the teaching and learning process. The complete identification is presented below. Table 3: The Problems Affecting the Teaching and Learning of English in the Grade Four of SD N Ngringin No Problems Codes 1 The students had not been ready yet when the teacher came to the class. LC 2 The students often made noise during the teaching and learning process. LC 3 Some students tapped tables when the teacher explained and asked to take a note. LC 4 The students chatted with other students in the teaching and learning process. LC 5 Many students seldom submitted assignments. IR 6 The media used in the teaching and learning process were lack. IRS 7 The activities of teaching and learning lacked fun activities. IR 8 The teaching technique did not match with the objective of teaching. IR 9 The students did not respond to the teacher’s question well. IR