The Advantages of Using Cue Cards as The Teaching Media

29 Answer : I had toast and coffee for breakfast. OR Answer : I slept late night and skipped breakfast so I wouldn’t miss the bus. Rivers, 1983, p. 46 Furthermore, Palmer 1970 as cited by Rivers 1983, p. 46 states communication practice drills are useful for teaching speaking. Communication practice drills provide the students find the response not only in linguistically acceptable but also in personally relevant to themselves and other people. Palmer 1970 underlines drills shou ld be done carefully to build the students’ characters. This is the illustration of Palmer’s communication practice drills. Pattern : I would tell him to shut the door. Teacher : Karen, if you and Susan came to class at 8 a.m. and it was winter and the room was dark at 8 a.m., what would you tell Susan? Karen : I would tell her to turn on the light. Teacher : And how about you, Paul, if you were with Mary and you wanted to read, what would you do? Paul : I would tell her to turn on the light. Teacher : You as a boy would tell a girl to do that for you? Now, if you came alone, and I was in the room, what would you do? Paul : I would tell you to turn on the light. Teacher : Then I would throw you out of the class. Rivers, 1983, p. 46 The i llustration above shows that Paul’s response is mechanically correct but unfortunately he does not know the implication of his response in a certain setting. In social interaction, it is impolite if young people ask elder people to do something. Teacher’s teasing in this drill is used to increase the students’ self awareness on using the language. Rivers 1983, p. 47 notes having training in such drills can help the students to be able to produce more original responses. 30

4. English for Vocational School in the 2013 Curriculum

Vocational education is known as a formal secondary education which has special characteristics among other educational institutions. The special characteristic of vocational school is organizing an educational program which is appropriate for various fields of work. According to Calhoen vocational education is “an organized education program which is directly related to the preparation for a career requirement other than baccalaureate or advanced degree” as cited in Soeharto, 1988, p. 1. Supriadi 2002 states that “vocational education is aimed to produce productive human, not human who becomes a burden for his or her family, community and nation” p. 17. Based on Depdiknas 2003, there are four aims of vocational school. The first aim is vocational school prepares the students in the field of work and to develop a professional attitude. The second aim is to prepare the students in order to be able to choose their carrier, compete and develop themselves. The third aim is vocational school prepares the middle level labors for business world and industries at the present time and the future. The last one is vocational school prepares the graduates in order to be productive, adaptive and creative citizen. Related to the objective of vocational education, Bryl Shoemaker and Thomas Arcy as cited by Soeharto 1988, p. 9 state the vocational education can be used as the preparation for the students before entering the job field. In short, it can be concluded that vocational education is not only an education for the students to have continuity education as an aspect of general education, but also as