c. Discourse competence: is the ability to combine ideas to achieve
cohesion in form and coherence in thought, above the level of the single sentence.
d. Strategic competence: is the ability to use strategies like gestures or
“talking around” an unknown word in order to overcome limitation in language knowledge.
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It is clear that in learning a language, the learners need not only knowledge of structures and vocabularies, but also they require to know how
the language elements work together when the learners try to produce a well communication as an achievement of communicative competence.
Here, the English teacher of “MAN 2 Kota Bogor” tried to let the students to know their ability in producing English whether spoken or written
by serving them the materials communicatively. He arranged the teaching situation without his determination and opened widely the opportunity for the
students to express their ideas based on the given context.
C. The English Textbook
The English textbook which is used by the teacher and the eleventh students at “MAN 2 Kota Bogor” is the English textbook published by
Grafindo Media Pratama and titled “Contextal Learning: Developing Competencies in English Use for SMA”, edited by Bachrudin Musthafa.
The textbook has been consistently harmonious with the principles of developing communicative competence with the emphasis on the ability to
understand and to produce both oral and written text. It provides with practice of using English in contextual, integrated, and
collaborative ways to develop the ability to use English appropriately and accurately.
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D. The Profile of English Teacher
There are five English teachers at “MAN 2 Kota Bogor”, the following information show the personal details of the teachers:
Table 3: The Personal Details of the Teachers No.
Name Age
Sex HonoraryPublic
Servant Civil Teaching
Experiences Class
Latest Education
1. Drs.
Ruyani 46
Male Public Servant
Civil Since 1994
14 years X, XI
S 1 from “IAIN
Jakarta” English
Education Department
2. Sri
Damayanti 40
Female Public Servant
Civil Since 1995
13 years XII
S 1 from “IAIN
Bandung” English
Education Department
3. Jijah
Jilhijjah 37
Female Public Servant
Civil Since 2004
4 years XII
S 1 from “IAIN
Jakarta” English
Education Department
4. Wiwik
Sutiani 25
Female Honorary
Since 2005 3 years
X
S 1 from UNPAK
English Education
Department
5. Rida
Nurul Istiqomah
27 Female
Honorary Since 2005
3 years XI
S 1 from “IAIN”
Bandung English
Education Department.
E. The English Activities, Condition, and Environment
As the writer had observed, the activities that involved English were implemented by the English teacher and the students inside and outside of the
classroom. The English teacher delivered the course mostly in English inside the class. And, the discourse which was employed by the English teacher and
the students outside the classroom was about greetings or other simple
expressions. Moreover, the interaction among the English teachers and others used English in low intensity.
The activities which have mentioned above affected the students became accustomed in expressing something in English and this condition
might led them to be competence in English. Also, the purpose of teaching and learning process might be easily achieved, that was the communicative
goals. The students’ English ability improvement were also supported by
providing of English facility, for instance the English laboratory, and English instruments, for instance the availability of some posters which were written
by using English and other foreign languages, the English novels, magazines, and books, and so on.
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