They were: Teachers‟ use of English in EFL classroom and students‟ use of English in EFL classroom.
a. Teachers‟ use of English in EFL classroom.
English is the main language of instruction in EFL classroom. This is the teachers‟
principle when they were teaching their students in classroom. The participants teachers really applied their belief „language is a habit‟ in the real teaching learning process. During my
observation in the teachers‟ classes, they rarely used Indonesian in their class. Almost all of the explanation and activities in class were done in English. They tried their best to always
communicate with their students using English, although some students asked questions in Indonesian. They still also used English even though the students had difficulties to comprehend
their explanation. Teacher A shared some methods when she met situation like that. She said, In this case I will use contextual approach in teaching students. Therefore, when they find
difficult words, I will not describe the words in textual definitions. I will explain it using the daily language which they could understand of course in English. If I want to
explain about the usage of difficult words, I will slow down my explanation. Teacher A, October, 9 2012
These methods were also similar to Teacher B and Teacher C in the way they taught English in their classes. In addition, they also implemented CLL Community Language
Learning method by building a relationship of trust, support, and cooperation between teacher, students and among students which is in line with Freeman 2000. Their similar statements
which showed this circumstance were,
In a condition if the slow learners really cannot understand about my explanation, I will directly ask the fast learners to explain in their own language but still in English, so
that those slow learners can learn from their friends. Teacher B, September, 26
2012
The students who understand the materials can give explanation and those who don‟t can learn from their friends. So the students can learn each other from their
friends
and teacher doesn‟t have to tell the meaning directly to students. Teacher C, October, 10 2012
From all of the displayed result above, we can learn that English teachers in that private school wanted to create a situation where English can be used optimally during the English class.
That was why they always explained their lessons in English and made the students to learn each other when they faced difficulties in comprehending the material. These methods implementation
are in agreement with the statement from Halliwell Jones 1991 which claimed that to achieve success in learning L2, students should be encouraged to take risks in practicing both
speaking and understanding in L2 as cited in Nofaie, 2010.
The teachers took risk by always making students to use English all the time because they wanted their students to practice the use of English and build their deep understanding in English
through the difficulties they met in the teaching learning process. With that, teacher could provide feedback to students when they made mistakes or had difficulties in their practice.
b. Students use of English in EFL classroom
Students‟ use of English always depended on the teachers. It was because each teacher set different rule about the English use in classroom. This was what I found from my observation
result. Students in Teacher A‟s class always used English all the time, when they communicated with their friends, asked questions, or asked permission to the teachers. It happened because she
encouraged her students to actively use English in her class. She was also very strict with students‟ use of English in class. During the interview, she stated the rule of her English class,
I always encourage the students to use English in every aspect, such as; conversation, morning service, diary for expressing idea. The use of 95 English in class is more
important because I always pay attention to the usage of English in communication context. Teacher A, October, 9 2012
A different situation happened in Teacher B‟s classes. The students in her class rarely used English They preferred using Indonesian all the time. She didn‟t encourage her students to
actively used English in her class even though she had used English all the time in class. The use of English was still well maintained in Teacher C classes. During my
observation, the students in her class always used English every time they communicated with her. The students usually used English when they were asking questions, asking permissions, or
responding to teachers‟ questions. Students also bravely used English to deliver their idea to Teacher C although there were still some grammatical mistakes in their sentences. The use of
English could still be maintained among the students because she always warned the students when they spoke too much in Indonesian.
During the interview, there was also an interesting statement from her about her feeling in encouraging students to always use English in her class. She stated,
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
