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compensatory strategy. The teachers’ statement about compensatory strategy proved by observation result below.
In my six classroom observation, teacher used compensatory strategies only in 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
observation. For the example:
1. Conversation between teacher T and student S when learning about opinion 3
rd
observation; March 5, 2013:
T: Stevan, apa film kesukaan kamu? S: Harry Potter Miss.
T: Oo Harry Potter yaa? Lalu apa pendapat mu tentang film itu? S: Bagus Miss, keren filmnya.
From the example above, it shows that the teacher started her teaching by asking one of the students about his favourite film then asks his opinion about the film in Indonesian. It aims to
make students easy to understand about the lesson and topic of the lesson. After the teacher gave example by asking the student and explaining a little bit about the example, she continues her
teaching about giving opinion to the students. The example above proved by statement from the three teachers I interviewed, Mrs. A
explained: “I use Indonesia in my teaching and learning process and I think that
is a strategy that I used. The reason I said using Indonesian as a strategy because there are some students who did not understand the
materials that I taught in English, so I should switch the language in order to make them understand.” April 13, 2013
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In line, Mr. B’s statement also similar to Mrs. A. Mr. B gave his statement: “Yeah, I think using Indonesian considered as a strategy. As we know
that teaching English is not easy, so we should use Indonesian in deliver the materials. It is because if we only use English, I’m afraid if
the students could not receive and understand the materials and it will affect on their achievement. So, if we use Indonesian, students will
easier in receiving and understanding the materials.” April 13, 2013 Mrs. C also agreed about using L1 as a strategy in teaching. In her intervie, she stated:
“Using Indonesian is a strategy I used in my teaching and learning process. It is because English is a foreign language and the teaching
time given to me just four hours a week, so the students still confused and difficult in understanding English if we did not help using
Indonesian.” April 13, 2013 From those three teachers, they agreed using Indonesian in the teaching and learning
process considered as a strategy because it is really helpful and easier to deliver the materials. They also said that not all students understand if they taught using English because not all
students have same ability in understanding the materials if they use English. In compensatory strategies, teacher used or gave example using a simple thing and
related to the students daily life. Based on the example above, it showed that teacher tried to deliver the material used simple and daily language to the students. As for L1 use, Faerch and
