1. Identification of the Field Problems
I conducted an observation and interviews to identify the problems. The observation was done on Friday, September 20, 2013. The observation was
conducted in VIII.II class consisting of 30 students. After that, students were interviewed to find out their understanding of the lesson, their motivation, the
teacher‘s way in delivering the materials, the task that they usually got, their opinion and feelings towards the English class, and so on. The interviews were
done in a casual way which is more like chit chat rather than formal interviews. The discussion with the English teacher related to the teaching and learning
processes was also held after. The interview included the difficulties in teaching English, especially speaking, the sources of the materials, and the media used, the
students‘ attitudes in joining the class, the classroom management, and so on. Based on the observation, interviews, and discussions, the collaborator
and I identified several problems in the teaching and learning processes. The problems are presented in the table below.
No Field Problems Sources of the
Problems 1.
Students were not really active in joining the class. S
2. Students were reluctant in using English.
S 3. Some students were not really attentive in the
class. S
4. Students seemed not be really interested in joining the learning process.
S 5.
Some students were silent during the learning process.
S 6.
The students made many mistakes when speaking. S 7.
The teacher did not tell the objectives of the lesson.
T
8. The teacher did not arrange the activities well.
T 9.
The teacher did not give a clear guidance in accomplishing the tasks.
T 10. The activities conducted by the teacher were
monotonous. T
11. The teacher did not give enough guided practices, so the students were not ready to speak using
English. T
12. The teacher did not create good rapport and encouraging class atmosphere
T 13. The teacher found difficulties in managing the
class. T
14. The teacher did not give feedbacks. T
15. The class activities were not encouraging and challenging.
T 16. The materials given were not sufficient in
covering the exercises needed to accomplish the objectives of the learning.
Ma
17. Students had low vocabulary mastery. Ma
18. The materials given by the teacher were not interesting so that the students seemed to get
bored. Ma
19. There was no interesting media to support the teaching and learning processes.
Md
Table 4.2. The Field Problems in the English class of VIII.II class of SMP N 8 Yogyakarta
2. Selecting of the Field Problems to Solve
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