Kelemahan metode smart solution: - Secara internal, sosialisasi kepada seluruh tentor tentang metode smart
solution. - secara akademis dianggap menyalahi PAKEM pelajaran.
B. Interview with a Chief Academic of Center Primagama Yogyakarta Supriyanto, S.E.
1. Apakah metode Smart Solution?
2. Mengapa diberi nama Smart Solution? dan siapa penggagasnya? 3. Sudah berapa lama metode Smart Solution diperkenalkan?
4. Seberapa penting pengaruh metode Smart Solution terhadap keberhasilan siswa?
5. Apa kelebihan dan kelemahan metode Smart Solution?
• ANSWER
6. Metode belajar dimana ditujukan agar para siswa belajar lebih nyaman; learning is fun.
Latar belakang muncul ide smart solution: a. Marketing : dimana sebagai pembeda differensiasi antara bimbel
yang lainnya diluar Primagama. b. Akademik : - pelayanan nyaman bagi siswa
- sebagai alternatif dari rumus-rumus sulit dari sekolah dan dipermudah dengan metode smart solution
7. Smart berarti cerdas, dan secara bahasa lebih mudah ditangkap oleh otak 8. sebelum menjadi Smart Solution sebelumnya dinamakan Rumus Praktis
yang berlangsung sejak 1982 – 2000. Kemudian ide smart solution muncul dari para teman-teman tentor sejak tahun 2001 hingga kini sebagai
alternatif dari metode pengajaran. 9. pengaruh atau efeknya sangat besar;
- sebagai sugesti positif, dimana jika kita punya kemauan pasti bisa - teori yang dijarkan menjadi sangat gamblang.
- kepuasaan pelanggan sehingga konsumen merasa senang, lebih peka, dan aktif
10. Kelebihan metode smart solution; efektifitas waktu dalam penyelesaian soal terutama soal-soal Tes SPMB, UN, Ulangan Umum, dan lain-lain.
- merupakan proses hubungan korelasi otak kiri yaitu; tahu, bertanya, menjawab.
- mengoptimalkan pula pengambangan otak kanan - merupakan pola baku yaitu cepat, tepat, dan dapat dipertangungjawabkan.
Kelemahan metode smart solution: - Secara internal, sosialisasi kepada seluruh tentor tentang metode smart
solution. - secara akademis dianggap menyalahi PAKEM pelajaran.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter presents a theoretical framework which consist of the learning and teaching English in Indonesia, English curriculum and the latest
syllabus, English instructional materials at SMA, teaching gerund, the function of gerund, approach, method, and strategy smart solution method, definition of
smart solution method, language and thought, and issues of smart solution method problem solving approach, the implementation of Remedial Enrichment
Consulting REC, extra program of smart solution method.
A. Learning and Teaching English in Indonesia
In indonesia, the teaching of English is considered as Teaching English as Foreign Language TEFL since it is taught as a school subject but not used as
the medium of teaching of other subjects and not widely used by people in the country either. This consideration is in line with Prator 1991:21 who
differentiates TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language from TESL Teaching English as a Second Language. In TEFL English is used in
educational situations where the teaching of other subjects is not normally given in English. Whereas in TESL English is used in educational situations
where English is ethe partial or universal medium of instruction for other subjects.
The implementation of teaching English at SMA is based on the 2004 English curriculum. The objective of English instruction is “By the end of the
program, the students will have developed English language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in accordance with their individual levels and
interest, using 2500 word level and appropriate structures.” According to Syaukah 1997 states that basically, the meaning
communicative approach to teaching English at the secondary school is based on five principles; 1 language is viewed as an instrument to express meaning
