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the second grade of SMK Leonardo used Communicative Language Teaching method CLT.
B. The Relevance between the Method Used by the Teachers and the CBC
Characteristics.
To find out the relevance between the method used by the English teachers and CBC characteristics, the writer used the observation checklist and interview.
The checklist and the interview were used in order to find out the method used by the teachers and the existence of CBC characteristics. Moreover, to find out
whether the relevance of the method and the CBC characteristics, the writer used the principles that underlie both theories.
a. Data Analysis
As seen from the interview result, the teachers used Communicative Language Teaching method CLT. The principles that underlie the CLT are as
follows: 1.
Target language is a means to communicate 2.
Activities are emphasized on the process of communication 3.
The important part of communicative competence is learning to use language appropriately
4. Teachers’ responsibility is to establish situation to promote learning
5. Students are given opportunity to express their minds
6. Students are given opportunity to have interaction among students and
with the teacher Moreover, the principles that underlie the CBC characteristics are follows:
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1. The using of English in the classroom
2. The use of English was more frequent in the classroom activities
3. Teachers gave probing questions and leading statement to the students
4. Teachers played as motivator and facilitator
5. Teachers had direct interaction with the students
6. The students played as the main actor in the class
The aim of both CBC and CLT is to develop the students communicative competence. Other principles such as the situation of teaching – learning
activities, the teachers’ roles and also the students’ roles hold the important part in obtaining the relevance between the CLT method and the CBC characteristics.
b. Findings
From the result of the interview and the observation checklist, it could be seen that the teachers used CLT. In order to find out the relevance, the principles
underlying both theories became the important part. As seen from the principles, both CLT and CBC had the same objectives and characteristics. The using of
target language in the class is used to establish the situations to promote learning the language effectively. However, the teachers had the roles as motivator and
facilitator in both theories. In addition, the students also played as the main actor in the class, by giving them more opportunities to express their ideas, minds and
also opinions. As seen from both principles above, Communicative Language Teaching
method CLT used by the English teachers was relevant to be used in comparison with the characteristics of CBC. Both indicators reflected the same underlying
theories and principles.
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As a result, the answer of the second problem of the study is that the method used by the English teachers; which was CLT, was relevant with the CBC
characteristics, as seen from the both underlying principles.
C. The Students’ Responses toward the Implementation of CBC in English
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