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The statement from Teacher A was strengthened by Teacher B. She also added a reason about her belief. Teacher B said, I want to make the students to become accustomed to the use of English. Therefore, if they are accustomed to listening and speaking English in class, they can use English properly Teacher B, September, 26 2012 Teacher C also gave a similar statement with the two statements above about her belief. However, she added more detail about the skill that should be developed well in English. She said, The purpose of using of English in class is to give them exposure. Therefore, they can be accustomed to listening English language. When they are accustomed to listening it, they can subconsciously learn how to pronounce it and construct sentences correctly in English through daily learning at school. Teacher C, October, 10 2012 All participant teachers also had the same opinion about their belief in the usage of Indonesian in EFL classroom. All of them believed that the use of Indonesian should be limited. The only difference is the degree of limitation which was set by each teacher. Teacher A had the highest percentage of limitation for the use of Indonesian. She said, I am not against the use of Indonesian in class. However, I don‟t want to use it Indonesian frequently in class. May be it‟s only about 5 . Teacher A, October, 9 2012 Teacher C also stated the percentage of limitation for Indonesian in her class. However, it was still lower than Teacher A‟s. She stated, Teachers cannot completely avoid using Indonesian. It i s because Indonesian is students‟ daily language. However, we must limit it. It is better if we use 75 of English and 25 of Indonesian. English must get more portions. Therefore, the students can be encouraged to improve their skills. Teacher C, October, 10 2012 Teacher B who didn‟t state about the percentage gave a statement which was strongly disagreeing about the use of Indonesian in English class. She said, Teachers and students should constantly use full English in the English class without Indonesian. Teacher B, September, 26 2012 From all of the teachers‟ statement above, it can be concluded that teachers preferred giving more priorities to the use of English than Indonesian in EFL classroom in order to make students accustomed to the use of English in communication contexts. Therefore, they can speak and listen to English well.

c. The relationship between teachers‟ experience and beliefs about the use of Indonesian

and English in EFL classroom There is a relationship between teachers‟ experience and their belief about the use of language in EFL classroom. It is because past experience is the basic which created their belief and what they wanted to achieve from their students through their teaching. This statement is supported by the research from Lubinski 1993, Varella 1997, Farrow 1999, and King 2002 which stated that prominent variables which influenced students‟ achievement were teachers‟ knowledge, professional development, teaching experience, and teaching practices as cited in