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teaching-learning activities. What the students did are aim to support their understanding in learning.
It can be concluded that students are communicators. They are actively engaged in trying to make themselves understood. The students reached
understanding by themselves by paying attention actively to the teacher’s explanation, ask questions, and present materials after the discussion. What the
students did was to enhance understanding of the material by themselves.
2. The Strengths and the Weaknesses of the Use of English in Teaching-Learning
Activities a
The strengths
There are some strengths in the using of English in teaching learning activities in the actively. The first, during the teaching-learning activities the
materials had been delivered by using English. Both the teachers and the students had used English as the instructional language. It could be seen from the
observation in the classroom and from the interview done both with the teachers and the students. The students intended to be more active during the lesson.
There is a special day, that is Friday, where students had to use English all the time to communicate both with the teachers and with the students.
The second, the materials used in teaching-learning process were written in English. All references used were selected according to the materials
and students’ need. The language of the materials is chosen based on students
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understanding. In delivering materials, teacher used visual aid through power point media to increase learning. What teachers did dealing with the materials
made the students became active and enthusiastic in the teaching-learning activities.
The third, the researcher found that in delivering materials, the techniques teachers used are interesting and could motivate students to increase
learning. Using visual aid, presentation, power point media is interesting techniques that made students are more motivated. It is based on the observation
and interview with the students.
b The weaknesses
Beside strengths, there are some weaknesses in using English as instructional language in teaching-learning activities in the Designated
International Standard School. The first, the teachers didn’t use English optimally. Students still weren’t satisfied with the language used by the teachers. It is
because of the limitation of teachers’ mastery of English. There’s still communication or presenting materials in Indonesian language.
Secondly, teacher didn’t pay attention to the language the teachers and students used. The teachers concerned more on the concept of materials
rather than on the language. It can be seen from the observation that the teachers didn’t criticize on students’ sentences when it is not grammatically correct. It is
not appropriate since the objective of this program is to make the outcomes have
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international standard. If the students are expected to have international standard, of course the language they used should be concerned more.
B. Discussion
In the research finding, the researcher discusses two main points of research findings concerning with the teaching-learning activities in the Designated
International Standard School, SMP N I Sukoharjo, which was observed from various dimensions. The first point is about the use of English in teaching-learning activities;
including 1 the objective of the use of English in teaching-learning activities, 2 the syllabus model, 3 the roles of instructional materials, 4 the model of teaching and
learning activities, 5 the communication in teaching-learning activities, 6 the teacher’s roles 7 and the learners’ roles. The second point is about the strengths and
the weaknesses. In order to justify the research finding, the researcher tried to discuss it with the other relevant references.
The researcher found that in using English as the instructional language to teach Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and English, the teachers had mission to make
students have international standard quality since this school is international standard and the objective of this program is to make the outcomes have international standard.
The mission of the teachers is in line with the vision and mission of this program, that is, to prepare students to have international standard quality and to make Indonesian
people smart and competitive internationally who are able to compete and collaborate globally www.pelangi.dit-plp-go.id. But the percentage of the English language used by
the teachers still needed to be increased since they still used Indonesian language to
