The result of Interview of the English Teacher of SMP YMJ Ciputat in the Preliminary Study
Interviewer : Musrifatul Khairiyah
Interviewee : Misbahuddin, S. Pd
Daydate : Thursday, March 17
th
2011
1. What is your educational background?
I am the alumni of English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiya and Teachers’ Training, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta.
2. How long have you been teaching English at SMP YMJ?
I have been teaching English at YMJ Junior High School for 1 year.
3. Have you ever found some problems in teaching speaking since you
taught in SMP YMJ?
Of course I had ever
4. What kind of difficulties do you find in teaching speaking?
When I find my students have different comprehension for speaking.
5. What are the causes of the students’ difficulties in learning speaking?
They are unusual using speaking in their daily life. They were afraid in making mistake to pronounce the word and sentence. They still a lack of
vocabulary.
6. What are strategies or techniques do you use in teaching speaking?
I usually use the dialog or role play method in teaching speaking
7. How are students’ responses in speaking class?
Their responses are quite good but most of them are passive in English speaking.
8. How is the Minimum Mastery Criterion-Kriteria Ketuntasan Mengajar
KKM?
The KKM for English subject are 65.
9. How is the students’ achievement in speaking subject?
They achieve 68 in average for speaking.
10. How is their speaking ability compared to their ability before they study
in your class?
Hmmm. At first, Most of them were poor in English speaking but now they are quite good in speaking although most of them still found difficulties in
expressing their idea by using English. They still felt comport speak bahasa
than English. 11.
What should the English teacher do to improve the students’ ability in speaking?
The English teacher should vary the techniques; give the vocabularies before giving the theme of speaking.
12. Have you ever implicated communication games technique in teaching
