Gathering Data Research Procedure
29 While the third respondent had an experience related to bilingual education
when taking an ESP course in Yogyakarta for six months. “Memang ada..dulu pernah mengikuti kelas English for special purpose..
pernah ikut disitu satu semester..6 bulan. Belajar mengenai bagaimana mengajar dalam B
ahasa Inggris dengan bilingual.” “I have joined a course about English for special purpose for one
semester…six months. I have studied about how to teach at a bilingual class.”
Respondent 3, Appendix E
According to Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985, perception can be influenced by past experiences. It could be seen from the interview result of this
section that all of the Science teachers in SMP Joannes Bosco had experience related to bilingual education in order to gain more description regarding bilingual
education. 2
Science Teachers’ Expectations Besides the past experiences, Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985
describe that an expectation is one of the factors that can affect a perception. In order to find out Scienc
e teachers’ expectations on bilingual education, the researcher asked about Science teach
ers’ opinions on the importance of the bilingual education implementation in every school in Indonesia and the
importance of bilingual education for the stude nts’ future. For the importance of
the bilingual education implementation in every school in Indonesia, the second respondent said that it would be great but impossible because of the difference on
the range of facilities in every school in Indonesia. “Setiap daerah punya perbedaan sendiri-sendiri..kondisi geografisnya ya
kan...katakanlah misalnya di luar Jawa kan untuk sarana dan prasarana
30 pendukungnya tidak secepat kita yang berada di Jawa kan. Jadi ya
memang tidak bisa disamaratakan itu tidak bisa.” “Every region is not the same. For example, facilities in Java are more
complete and modern than in the other regions.”
Respondent 2, Appendix E
While the third respondent said that teachers’ understanding of English was very important before deciding to implement the bilingual education at a
school. Bilingual education was very important for every school but it could be implemented successfully only in a school where teachers and students who were
familiar with English. “Tergantung ya..kalau sekolah itu siap ya gapapa tapi kalau sekolah itu
tidak siap ya tidak bisa..harus persiapan dulu. Siap dalam hal gurunya bisa B
ahasa Inggris.” “It depends on the school itself whether the school especially the teachers
are ready or not for the implementation of bilingual education at class.” Respondent 3, Appendix E
The importance of bilingual edu
cation for the students’ future, according to the first respondent, bilingual education was very important for students who
were going to continue their study abroad. “Kalau dilihat dari banyaknya sekolah internasional yang masuk ke
Indonesia..saya kira bilingual juga penting ya untuk mengantarkan mereka ke sekolah-
sekolah internasional atau bahkan ke luar negeri.” “Bilingual is important for students who are going to continue their study
to international school or even study abroad.”
Respondent 1, Appendix E
The second respondent said that the students could develop their English vocabulary items related to Science through bilingual learning at school.
“Saya kira penting ya mbak. Mereka jadi anak-anak yang mempunyai wawasan dua bahasa ditambah materinya
yang bersangkutan.” “I think it is important for students in improving their knowledge and
vocabulary items related to the subject.” Respondent 2, Appendix E