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B. The activities during Job training in SDN Kentingan 79
1. Class observation
In the early of this job training activity, I did the Class observation for three days, starting from 2
nd
to 4
th
January 2012. I observed about classroom condition, the way the teacher taught and managed the class.
In doing class observation, I came to the class with the teacher. When the techer was teaching, I observed the activities in the class, about the way the
teacher taught and managed the class. Besides, I observed the situation in the classroom and facilities provided by the school. Talking about facilities, in each
class, there are cupboard, the student ’s desk and chair, blackboard, whiteboard, a
set of teacher’s desk. All of the facilities are good and still new. Here I paid attention and took a note.
There was only one English teacher in the school, named Aisyah Ruthyana. Mrs. Aisyah taught English in this school since 2009 and she was still part time
teacher until now. She handled English subject from grade 1 until grade 6. At the beginning, I made an agreement with the English teacher about what grade the
writer would teach in and finally I chose to teach the first, the fourth and the sixth grade students of the school. However based on my consideration, I decided to
choose the fourth grade as my focus in writing the final project report.
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From three days observation, I started to recognize the characteristic of the first, the fourth and the sixth grade students. The first grade was the noisiest one,
because they were still very young and still like to play around the class and make some noise. It was a big challenge for me to manage the class more conductive.
The fourth grade students were more easily managed and calmer than the first and the sixth grade. Besides, they were quite smart compared to the other grades and it
was one of the reasons why I chose the fourth grade as my focus in the final project report. The last was the characteristic of the sixth grade students. They
were quite obstinate than the other classes. When I observed the class, I found that the English teacher used a
conventional method. She stood in front of the class and controlled the situation in class. Here the teacher role was as a controller.
The teacher’s voice was very loud because most of the class condition in the school was very noisy, sometimes to
attract the student’s attention she hit a table or board. The teaching aids used by the teacher were blackboard, chalk and
students’ worksheet.
She mostly used Indonesian language when explaining the material because she found that the students had difficulties in communicating in English.
Nonetheless, she kept trying to speak English. After I had an observation for three days, the teacher suggested me to
directly handle the class for next meeting. However, there were still guidance from the teacher.
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2. Making lesson plan
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