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6. Teachers use L1 to explain the meaning of words.
10 participants 50 perceive that IC‟s teachers use L1 to explain the meaning of words. Participant N clearly stated that,
“Akan lebih nyaman saat dosen menggunakan bahasa Indonesia karena itu bisa tepat sasaran. Contoh kata ini artinya ini, kalau pakai bahasa Inggris kita harus
menelaah lagi untuk tahu artinya apa. ”
I prefer to use Indonesian because it will be straight to the main point. For example to explain the meaning of words because if the teachers explain in
English, we should try to get what does it mean. On the similar thought, participant O mentioned,
“Saya setuju. Karena banyak kata sukar yang mungkin baru pertama kali kita dengar dan kita tidak mengerti ini artinya apa. Terus bahasa Inggris juga
kebanyakan vocab jadi dosen harus sesekali menjelaskan maknanya pakai bahasa Indonesia.
” I agree. Because there are many difficult words and that is the first time we hear
it, of course we do not know the meaning. There are also many vocabularies, so the teachers sometimes could use Indonesian to explain it.
The responses reveal that most of the participants perceive that L1 used by their teachers to explain the meaning of word, and it is in order to
give exact definition. The participants also mentioned that there are many vocabularies and sometimes they do not understand the meaning. So, there
is no students‟ misunderstanding because the teachers already used L1 to explain the meaning of words.
L1 here could facilitate the teachers in explaining new words to their students, and it can be a helpful tool for explaining new words in the
classroom because it will not complicate the process of the students in understanding the meaning of the words Schweers 1999. By using L1 in
explaining the the meaning of words can avoid misunderstanding between the students and the teacher in differentiate the the meaning of words
itself. So, sometimes L1 should be allowed to use, for example to
21 introduce new vocabulary Reineman 2001 as cited in Stapa Majid,
2006. Since the meaning of words are important, it will be better to
explains it in Indonesian. When IC‟s teachers use L2 in explaining the
meaning of words, it will only complicate the process.
7. Teachers use L1 to answer students’ questions.
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