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silently instead of loudly. The first reason is because the teacher prepared students for final tests; the teacher aimed to make students accustomed to situation of test
where they are required to read the text silently. The second reason was a practical reason. The teacher asked students to read the text silently because each student
has a different text to read. According to the teacher, it was impossible to conduct reading aloud activity since reading texts each student had were different from
each other. The next is about the teacher’s reason for giving a different reading text
for each student. The purpose of giving students a different text is to give opportunity not to work together with other students, especially when they answer
comprehension questions. In other words, the teacher drove students to work and to learn by themselves. The teacher also drove students not to cheat other
students’ work. The next is about the teacher’s reason for asking students to check the
assignment they did by themselves. The teacher applied it simply because of the difference of the text and assignment students had. According to the teacher, by
checking their assignment by themselves, students could have more understandable reason for their incorrect answer when they made mistakes in
doing assignment. In addition, the teacher applied this technique in order to teach students honesty in their learning. In this case, the teacher drove students to be
honest in checking their own work.
c. The Teacher’s Reason for the Learning Technique of Translation
The next is about the teacher’s reasons for speaking in Indonesian in English class. According to him, he spoke in Indonesian because a lot of students
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of grade X in SMA Stella Duce 2 Yogyakarta cannot properly understand the teacher’s saying or explanation in English. The teacher, therefore, always
translated what he had said in English into Indonesian in order to avoid students’ misunderstanding and confusion in their learning.
In the teacher’s opinion, students will not be able to learn best if they do not understand what the teacher says. Students will also not be able to learn best
when they do not know what they should do in their learning activities. In other words, the teacher’s purpose to translate his instruction and explanation in English
into Indonesian was to enable students properly understand the instruction and the explanation through its equivalent in students’ first language, in this case is
Indonesian.
d. The Teacher’s Reason for the Learning Technique of Outside Classroom
Activities
The next is about the teacher’s reasons for conducting learning activities outside classroom. The teacher stated that he conducted learning activities outside
classroom because he purposed students to still have a good mood when they were learning, especially when they learned reading in English. According to the
teacher, by conducting learning activities outside classroom students will have different situation of learning from they usually have. The teacher tried to vary the
learning activities by conducting the learning activities in different situation and condition. The teacher applied this technique in order to make the learning
activities interesting to follow and easy to understand.
