The Purpose of Descriptive Text

Table 2.1 Language Features of Descriptive Text

C. The Concept of Contextual Teaching and Learning Method

1. Definition of Contextual Teaching and Learning

Today, most of students in the school got a lot of material that was not in context. Therefore, they were difficult to make connection between what they are learning and how that knowledge will be use in their daily lives. The methods of the classroom teaching sometimes not really touch the learning process. The students rarely have an opportunity to experience hands-on learning. No Linguistic Features Examples 1 Specific Participants Farida Sophia 2 Simple Present Tense  I have a lot of friends .  She behaves politely towards everybody.  People frequently think she is an African or American offspring, but she is actually a Javanese genuine.  She looks more beautiful when she is smiling. 3 Action Verb Think Try Come Seek Looks Annoy Spend Explain 4 Use of adjective Tall Short Medium height Curly Quit slim Beautiful Dark Angry 5 Linking Verb  Is  Am Nowadays, educators find the necessary to think over about how they teach; they feel that learning occurs only when students process new information or knowledge in such a way that it makes sense to them in their own frames or references. 19 Therefore, the appropriate approach should be used in order to make the learning process really work. There are several method proposed in order to achieve the goal pf the study. Each method offered many gains. CTL method is one of methods proposed. John Dewey was the first proposed the application of Contextual Learning was first proposed at the turn of the 20 th century, Progressivism, which is believed that the students will best learn if what they have learned the materials which are related with they have already known and teaching learning process will be productive if the students are active in the process of teaching. 20 According to Johnson, Contextual Teaching and Learning is an educational process that aims to help students see meaning in the academic material they are studying by connecting academic subjects with the context of their lives, that is, with context of their personal, social, and cultural circumstance. 21 In this understanding, by using CTL system, students are able to connect the subject materials with the context of their daily life. It means the subject materials should go along with daily need. In addition, Contextual Teaching and Learning is a conception of teaching and learning that helps teacher relate subject matter content to real world situation and motivates students to make connections between knowledge and its application to their lives as family member’s citizens 19 Nur Hadi, Pendekatan Kontekstual Contextual Teaching and LearningCTL. Jakara: Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, 2003 p.3. 20 Nur Hadi, Pendekatan Kontekstual Contextual Teaching and LearningCTL...., p.8. 21 Elaine B Johnson, Contextual Teaching and Learning; Why It Is and Why It Is Here to Stay?, United States of America: Corwin Press, Inc 2002 p.25

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