The Supporting Factor, Problems, and Solutions

commit to user 20 Writing activity In this activity, the writer gave the pattern and some examples before she ordered the students to do the exercises. The writer emphasized at the correct writing.

4. Closing the material

After the students practiced the exercises, the writer gave homework to the students. Then, the teacher ended the lesson. The writer closed the meeting by greeting, as follows: The writer : “Well, this time is over. Thank for your time today. Do n’t forget to do the homework at home. See you next week. Good bye.” The students : “Bye.”

D. The Supporting Factor, Problems, and Solutions

During the job training as an English teacher, the writer found some factors supporting the process: however, she also found the problems in the English teaching and learning process of fourth grade students in SD ISLAM AL- HILAL Kartasura. D.1. The Supporting Factor There was one factor supporting the English teaching and learning activities. The school had decided not to interfere in the method or the way the writer taught. So, the writer could be more creative in developing the teaching techniques. commit to user 21 D.2. The Problems and Solutions There are three problems which were found by the writer during the job training. 1. Non linguistic The students are noisy Some students are noisy when they are listening and doing the exercises. They usually interrupt the other students who try to concentrate on the lesson. It makes the class noisy. Therefore, the writer gives suggestion for teachers to give the simple game. It is done in order to the students can focus on the material. Understanding material Level of understanding by students is different. Some of them have good understanding and less understanding. Therefore, the teacher can repeat her explaination for students until they understand the content of material. The teacher must ask for students about her explaination what they have understood with her explaination or not. 2. Linguistic Pronunciation Many students read the text improperly. The pronunciation is one of their problems in reading the text. They just spell every letter. The writer gives the suggestion by teacher to emphasize the correct pronunciation for students. commit to user 22 Spelling The students have problems to remember spelling English words. They tend to spell according the words like in Indonesian language. The solution is the teacher always spells the words several times and asks the students to write the some words on their books. Grammar Grammar is the biggest problem by students. Most of them do not know what they write despite the examples. The solution is that the teacher must explain the grammar inch by inch until they understand and the teacher can give many examples in order to understand. 3. Methodology The methodology which is used by the teacher and the writer is same. But, the applications are different. The teacher uses little English language in the class; she seldom uses game to interest for the students. The writer always uses English language in the class and then she translates it into Indonesian language. The writer makes the students active in speaking English. She also uses simple games to make the students understand and more enthusiastic. To solve the problem, the teacher should give special attention to students during the lesson. Besides, the teacher asked the students to move in front of the teacher. The students especially the uncooperative students always give the questions so that they focus on the lesson. Moreover, the teacher also gives homework to students in order to study and remember the material. commit to user 23

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

From the objectives and discussions in the previous chapter, the writer summarizes some important points of the English teaching and learning process for children at SD ISLAM AL-HILAL Kartasura. A.1 The Teaching and Learning Process for 4 th Grade of SD AL-HILAL Kartasura As explained in the previous chapter, the English teaching and learning process at the fourth grade in SD ISLAM AL-HILAL Kartasura has purpose that introduction to students so that they can understand the basic of English and they can face the English in the next class. In the teaching and learning process, the writer used Grammar Translation Method. Before the writer taught English, she prepared the material and made the Lesson Plan. The lesson plan contains the topic, the level of students, and length of time, languages skills, and procedures. The procedures in the teaching and learning process are: a. Warming Up The activity was done to make the students interested in the lesson. The teacher guided and directed the students to the theme in order to create the conducive situation both the teacher and the students. Warming up was done by greeting and brainstorming.