Expressing Agreement or Disagreement
That‟s just how I see it.
I couldn‟t agree anymore, etc.
B. To partly agree to an opinion
Well, but…...
Yes, I agree, but………
Perhaps, but…………
Possibly, but………
In my way, but……
I agree up to a point, but…….
I suppose so, but…….
I dare say you‟re right, but……
I think so, but…………….., etc.
C. To disagree politely to an opinion
I‟m not sure
Do you think so? Well it depends
I‟m not so certain
Well, I don‟t know
Well, I‟m not so sure about that
Mmm, I‟m not really sure you‟re right
No, I don‟t think so really, etc.
D. To disagree strongly to an opinion
I disagree I disagree with you entirely
I‟m afraid I don‟t agree
I don‟t agree with you at all
I really can‟t agree
I‟m afraid you‟re wrong
I wouldn‟t accept that
I feel doubt it, etc.
Exercise Say whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and supply
what your reasons are.
1. Books are the window of the world.
2. Smoking should be banned in all public places. 3. Cheating is a bad habit.
4. Internet helps us to have better living in the world. 5. Television has positive influence for people.
Text for the pronunciation test
Please read the following dialogue between Klaus and Sunny
Klaus : Hi Sunny, long time no see. How are you? Sunny
: Hi Klaus, I‟m good. Where are you going? Klaus
: Well, I‟m going to go to the library. I need a book about train. Sunny : You are lucky Klaus. I know that there are many books about train in the
library. You will find it there. Klaus : Thank you Sunny. You look beautiful with that ribbon on your hair.
Sunny : Thank you. Klaus, do you have time this week? I want to go to the beach. Do you want to go with me?
Klaus : With my pleasure. Sunny : Okay Klaus. See you.
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Appendix 3
Observation Checklists
Cycle One
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Appendix 4
Field Notes
Cycle One
FIELD NOTES I Cycle One
The observation was conducted in May 16, 2012 in SMK Marsudi Luhur II Yogyakarta. The observation was held in class XI EL. In that day, the numbers
of the absent students were four students. The subject was English and it took three meeting hours 3x45 minutes. The class started at 08.30. In the beginning,
the students were busy moving the table and the chairs. The students helped the teacher to provide table and chairs for the observers.
The teacher started the lesson by asking the students to be ready to follow the lesson. Most of the students were very talkative. Even though the teacher was
ready to start the lesson, some students still talking with their friends. Some students also moved around. After the teacher greeted the students, they started to
sit on their own chair and stop talking. The condition when some students kept talking made the other students decrease their attention to the teacher. However,
the teacher could handle the situation to get students‟ attention back. It seemed
that the teacher has already accustomed by the situation in which the students made noise and moved around in the classroom.
Before explaining the material, the teacher reviewed the previous material. T
he teacher asked the students‟ understanding about previous material and she also gave opportunity to the students if they had questions. After that, the teacher
continued explaining the material about expressing feeling. The teacher explained the words and expressions used in expressing feeling. She wrote the explanation
on the white board. When the teacher explained the material, the students listened
to the explanation seriously. The teacher explained the material slowly, maybe, it because the students would get difficulties if the teacher explain the material too
fast. Sometimes, the teacher asked the students to pronounce certain words and the teacher would make correction on students‟ wrong pronunciation.
Unfortunately, most of students unwillingly answered the questions. They seemed hesitant to speak in English.
After explaining the material, the teacher asked the students to practice the dialogue given by the teacher. The students are asked to make a group consists of
2 peoplein pairs. The students practiced reading the dialogue with their partner. After practicing the dialogue, the teacher asked each group to read the dialogue in
front of the teacher. While waiting other groups, the rest of the students were asked to do some exercises about expressing feeling. After that, the students got
their break time for 15 minutes. In the break time, some students stayed in the classroom.
After the break time, the teacher continued the lesson. The teacher gave information about the importance of having good pronunciation of English words.
It seemed that the teacher tried to motivate the students to have willingness to learn how to pronounce English words correctly. Unfortunately, in the middle of
the class, some teachers interrupted the class to give information about field trip provided by the school for the students in order to give students‟ experience in the
working area. The teachers also listed the students who wanted to join in the trip. I took several minutes, maybe it was about 15 minutes. The teachers tried to
convince the students that the trip is important for the students. As a result, the
English teacher had to hurry to make the teaching and learning activities more effective. After that, the teacher played a movie with lower volume, so that it
would not distract other classes. The teacher reminded the students that they had to pay attention on the movie, so that they could learn how to correct their
mistakes by noticing the pronunciation on the movie. The students were very enthusiastic in watching the movie. When the students watched the movie, they
were quite curious to find the correct pronunciation. Besides, the students were very quite when they were watching the movie.
After watching the movie, the teacher gave time to the students to practice the dialogue with their partner. After practicing, the students were asked to read
the dialogue in front of the teacher, while the other students were asked to continue working on the exercises given before by the teacher. The teacher ended
the class by giving feedback to the students about what they had learned.
Yogyakarta, May 16, 2012 Observer,
Yohanes Widi A. P. 081214099 Student of English Education
FIELD NOTES II Cycle one
The lesson was held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 08.30 – 11.00. The
observation was conducted in class XI EL. Before the teacher started the lesson, the students looked busy with their activities, such as moving the table and chairs,
talking with other friends, moving around the classroom, etc. Looking that condition, the teacher greeted them and asked their attention by saying “Hello,
may I have your attention, please?” The students looked ready to follow the lesson immediately.
The teacher started the lesson by asking the students about the previous material. Since there was no question by the students, the teacher started to
explain the new material about expressing feeling. From the beginning of the lesson, the students showed their positive response toward the teaching and
learning activities. It looked from their attention to the explanation given by the teacher. They often answered the questions, though they hesitated to answer it. At
least they had tried to answer the questions, even though the made mistakes. After that, the teacher gave dialogue text to the students and she asked the
students to practice it with other students. Then, the students were asked to read the dialogue in front of the teacher group by group. The teacher implemented
good technique in teaching that is in handling the classroom. When the teacher asked one group to come forward to read the dialogue, the other students were
asked to do the exercises. By implementing that technique, the students could be controlled well. They did not make any noise and they did the tasks seriously.
The teacher continued the lesson after break time and she told the students that they were going to watch a movie. The teacher said that they could learn how
to pronounce English words by watching the movie given. In my opinion, the use of movie in teaching pronunciation was good. It looked from the students‟
response toward the movie given by the teacher. Unfortunately, the lesson had to be stopped for a while. The other teachers came to the classroom to announce
about the field trip to the students. It took several minutes and it made the teacher seemed hurry in teaching.
In my opinion, the use of movie in classroom was effective enough in teaching and learning activities. The use of movie also helped the teacher to
conduct interesting teaching activities. The students did not get bored as well because the movie gave new atmosphere for the students in following the lesson.
Even though the students did not really know the story in the movie, they watched it seriously. The good point here is that the students tried to understand the movie
and also tried to learn the English pronunciation. The result showed that the students could make improvement after watching the movie. For the teacher, the
length of the movie was too long. Maybe, next time you could make it shorter, so that you could repeat the movie and it would help the student to understand and to
learn the pronunciation. Good Job Yogyakarta, May 16, 2012
Observer,
Dita Marselyna 081214035 Student of English Education
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Appendix 5
Lesson Plan and Teaching Materials
Cycle Two
LESSON PLAN
School : SMK Marsudi Luhur II Yogyakarta
Subject : English
GradeSemester : XI2
Class : XI EL
Time Allotment : 3 x 45‟