railway station, bus station, restaurant, etc., thus the students get more information on the location not just material in the classroom. For the teaching learning
method, this school refers to experiential learning and problem solving based learning concept. Through those teaching learning activities, the students are more
active because they solve the problem by themselves, either individual or in a group; they also learn based on what they saw or experienced.
In researching English teaching-learning activities there are some elements that are observed. Those are how a teacher in Sekolah Alam teaches his or her
students, what a teacher wants his or her students to learn, how students learn, and how students want to learn, what students learn, and what the purpose of learning
the language are Champbell, 2001. In teaching-learning activities teachers can combine those elements in planning English teaching-learning activities in order
to meet students’ and teacher’s expectation. The knowledge of students’ perception on English learning especially on
English teaching-learning activities is an important step to understand the etiology of language learning Kitao and Kitao, 1995, and that is the reason why this
research is conducted; to find out students’ perception on their English teaching- learning activities in Sekolah Alam so teacher can choose the most appropriate
teaching-learning strategies to be applied in teaching-learning activities.
B. Problem Formulation
Based on the explanation above, there are three problems formulated for this research. The problems are:
1. How is the implementation of English teaching-learning activities in the first grade students of Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam Junior High
School Yogyakarta? 2. What are the first grade students of Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam
Yogyakarta Junior High School’s perceptions on their English teaching-learning activities?
3. What are some possible suggestions to improve the quality of English teaching-learning activities?
C. Problem Limitation
This study limits the participants only in the area of Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam
Yogyakarta Junior High School. It is done in order to focus on the study that involves first grade students in the target school. The school is chosen
because it is opened to help any researchers to conduct any education research. The participants involved in this study are students of the first grade of
Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam Yogyakarta Junior High School. The population of the
study is all students of the first grade in this school.
D. Research Objectives
This study intends to find out the answer to the research questions stated in the problem formulation. There are three objectives in this study. They are:
1. To describe the implementation of English teaching-learning activities in the first grade students of Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam Yogyakarta
Junior High School. 2. To identify the perception of the first grade students of Sekolah Alam
Nurul Islam Yogyakarta Junior High School.
3. To identify some possible suggestions to improve the quality of English teaching-learning activities.
E. Research Benefit
This research will primarily benefit for the students of the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, English Education Study Program
and other researchers.
1. The students and teachers
The research will be beneficial for teachers and students themselves. Both English teacher and students will see their activities during English subject, how
the class runs, and how well they manage the English class. It is expected that the identification about English teaching-learning activities implementation will
become a kind of feedback both for English teacher and students.
2. English Language Education study program
The research may give contribution to the English Language Education study program of Sanata Dharma University Jogjakarta to improve the students’
teaching skills. They can use Sekolah Alam as a place to practice their students in PPL program. Sekolah Alam students will give new experience of teaching
activities because there is some superiority that differs from conventional school and through PPL practice at Sekolah Alam, the students are expected to be more
creative and innovative in their teaching activities in the future.
3. Future Researchers
It is hoped that the research will be benefit for other researchers who would like to conduct the similar research. This research will be very helpful for those
who will conduct further discussion about the English teaching learning activity in their teaching activities.
F. Definition of Terms
In order to make common conception with the readers about some terms used in this research, the researcher defines them as follow:
1. Perception is the process of selecting, organizing, interpreting sensory data into usable mental representations of the world Huffman, Vorney.M
Vorney 1997:79. This means that each person has different perception about something and it is usually affected by their psychological factors such as their
needs, interest, and motivation. In this research, perception refers to the students’ perception on the
English teaching-learning in Sekolah Alam, which is seen from the implementation of English teaching learning activity used in Sekolah Alam.
What is meant by students’ perception is how the students feel and think about the teaching learning activities used in their school; whether the teaching
learning activities are interesting or not interesting, successful or not successful.
2. Sekolah Alam is a school that gives priority on the students’ characters and way of thinking using back to the nature concept Novo, 2010. Students who
study in this school are not just sitting in the classroom. Sekolah Alam applied different method; students learn to have interaction with nature as much they
can. 3. The Characteristic of First Grade Students of Junior High School
First grade students of junior high school are categorized into teenager learners, their age are about 12 to 13 years old. In this period, teenagers like to
spend their time for hanging around, friends, peers and often disruptive behavior in class. However, they have a great capacity in learning if the teacher can engage
them. The characteristics of teenager learners according to Harmer 2001 are:
1. They seem to be less lively and humorous than adults 2. Identity has to be forged among classmates and friends; peer approval may
be considerably more important for the student than the attention of the teacher
3. They would be much happier if such problem did not exist 4. They may be disruptive in class
5. They have great potential creativity and a passionate commitment to things that interest them.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher concludes that the characteristics of the adolescents are period of change, new experiences, learning,
and the most trying times in life. In this research, the researcher will identify the first grade students’ perception on the teaching learning activities that
implemented in Sekolah Alam.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of two parts; they are theoretical description and theoretical framework. Theoretical description presents some important concepts
related to the research. The concepts are 1 perception 2 CBC, and 3 experiential learning, 4 problem solving, 5 Sekolah Alam while theoretical
framework discusses major relevant theories which help to answer the research problems.
A. Theoretical Description
In this chapter the researcher discusses the theories related to this study. There are five related theories that will be viewed. The theories are perception,
CBC, experiential learning, problem solving based learning, and Sekolah Alam.
1. Perception
This part presents theory of perception including factors that influence perception and perception on learning.
a. Factors that Influence Perception
In organizations theory, Gibson et al. 1985:61 there are six factors that influence someone’s perception; they are stereotyping, selectivity, self-concept,
situation, needs and emotion.
