How is your opinion about the mix of Indonesian and English in class?

INTERVIEW TEACHER C 1. During my observation time, I noticed that you created a condition where the students must use mostly English as the language of instructions. Why is that? Why don’t you combine it with Indonesian? First, it is because my students have been in twelfth grade. I consider that they have enough and better skills to comprehend the teaching-learning process in English rather than tenth or eleventh graders. It is also to give them exposure, so that they can be accustomed to listen 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. 2. Do you think by using mostly English as the language of instructions, it can help your teaching learning process in English class? I think yes, because every time I teach in class, I always find students who want to follow the intonationsword stress correctly. They are not only learning about English vocabulary, but also how to pronounce words correctly in a good pronunciation and word stress. I feel that the use of English as language of instructions in classroom can help the students to improve their skills. It can also encourage the students to be more confident in speaking English. You know, as a human, teacher like you and me can make mistakes. It is the same case with students. Therefore, don‟t be afraid of making mistakes. Be confident with our English skills. That way, students can show their bravery in the use of English by forcing them to use it. 3. Do you have background experiences which encourage you to force students to use English in you class? During my school days in Junior and Senior High School I felt that I always got good grades in English. However, everything was different after I entered English Department of UKSW because all courses were taught in English. I could only get 89 from reading and structure courses, but my listening and speaking results weren‟t that good. These experiences made me realize that my students must get a good education in English whether it is in written or oral. 4. It is impossible to make all students understand about our explanations in English. How is your strategy to handle students who don’t understand about it? This problem often occurs in tenth graders. Teaching this grade is more difficult than others eleventh and twelfth. Therefore, when we encounter this problem, we have to teach really slowly, pay attention to our word choices not to make the students confused. We can also check their understanding by asking, “Do you understand that?”. The students who understand the materials can give explanation and those who don‟t can learn from their friends. Therefore, the students can learn each other from their friends and teacher doesn‟t have to tell the meaning directly to students. 5. According to your opinion, which one is more important; The use of mostly English or the mix of Indonesian and English in the class? It depends on the situation. However, I don‟t agree if it is 50:50. It is better if 75;25. English must get more portions, so that the students can be encouraged to improve their skills. If it is in twelfth grade, I agree with the use of 100 English because they have gotten more skills. 6. Do you agree if the use of Indonesian should be erased from English class? We cannot completely erased Indonesian. It is becaus e Indonesian is students‟ daily language. However, we must limit it, for example, when we are discussing about vocabularies. Teachers don‟t directly give the meaning. But if a student answers the meaning in Indonesian, we can still tolerate it because it can help other friends to understand the meaning. Therefore, we cannot 100 erase the use of Indonesian in English class, especially when we discuss about vocabulary. 7. During my observation, you gave warning to students who speak in Indonesian. What is your goal by giving that warning? To make students speak in English. It is because in the beginning of the semester teachers have made a rule to students that „They have to speak English in English class ‟. This is not to scare them, but to make them encourage themselves to speak English actively. Students don‟t have to produce perfect English. At least they speak English. It is to make them discipline in improving their English skills. 8. I also found out that the students would speak in English when you speak. But when you don’t give instructions, they are back to use Indonesian. Why did you let them off? For Social class, students‟ English skills are not really good. The time was limited to do the assignment. Therefore, I needed the students to finish it within the allocated time. That‟s why I tolerated the students to use Indonesian because it was very difficult for them to make a sentence in English. However, I still paid attention to them. I would warn students who can actually speak in English but keep talking in Indonesian. 9. In your opinion, how is the right timing to use Indonesian in English class? When I give a really complicated instruction and the students still don‟t comprehend the meaning of it, it is the right time to use Indonesian. 10. According to you, what is the material other than vocabularies which need the use of Indonesian? Just for complicated instructions and vocabularies. I don‟t think that grammar needs the use of Indonesian. It can still be explained in English. 11. Other than warning what strategies do you use to force students to use English? I have ever used untrophy method. However I thought, the students would feel more pressured because they were afraid to speak actively. That was why I decided to just give them warning. However if I find the difficult class to deal with, I offer them agreement. “That is an untrophy there. Will you speak in English or voluntarily