23
h. Conducting Mini Research In gathering the data, the students have a role as a researcher. They need to
search some solutions toward some problems. This action will lead them to use their communication skill to be more critical in facing some problems. They can
get information and solve some teaching and learning problems. In the extension, the CLT activities are usually conducted in pair or group
discussion. Malton 1988 says that class situation is formed as real communication world. The students can encourage theirselves to be active in the
class discussion and get many benefits from others. .
4. The Characteristic of Information Gathering Technique in CLT Classroom
Richards 2006 states that information gathering technique is an activity when the students conducted surveys, interviews and searches in which students
were required to use their linguistic resources to collect information. In this case, the students tried to speak and communicate to their partners or others to gather
much information. When they search the information, they directly practice their speaking ability.
Marton 1988 defines six students’ characteristics of this technique such as:
a. Speaking actively in the class.
b. Using the target language in all of class activities.
c. Practicing speaking in spontaneous exchanges in unplanned context.
24
d. Focusing the activities on negotiation of meaning and exchange information.
e. Learning grammar explicitly through speaking activities.
f. Performing communicative task in class
Marton 1988 defines four teacher characteristics of this technique such as:
a. Teaching grammar explicitly through speaking activities
b. Correcting the learners’ error.
c. Observing and providing feedback for the learners.
d. Performing communicative task in class.
5. The Role of Teacher in Information Gathering Technique in CLT
In CLT, the teacher must be creative and active in giving and conducting learning activities in the class. Breen and Candlin as cited in Richards
Rodgers, 1986 state that teacher has three main roles. The teacher should facilitate the communication process between the participants. The teacher needs
to control and check the process whether it runs effectively or not. However, in the process, the teacher needs to put hisself or herself as the facilitator not as the
main commander of the learning process. The second role of the teacher is as the independent participant within
learning-teaching group. The teacher does not allowed to take a side into certain group. He or she has to be fair in giving the instruction and evaluation. The
teacher has to be objective in observing his or her students’ improvements. The
25
teacher should have the internal skill in reinforcing his or her students in every activity.
The third roles are to be a researcher. To be a researcher means to be actively search the needs of his or her students in teaching and learning process.
Teacher needs to be an active person in preparing the communicative materials for the students. Moreover, the teacher is also a learner. It means that the teacher also
learns how to be a good facilitator for his or her students.
6. The Role of Student in Information Gathering Technique in CLT
