Teaching English to the 4

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4. English Facilities

In teaching and learning process, it is easier if the teacher used the facilities such as tape recorder or LCD. The facilities and media to teach the English lesson in SD N II Bulusari is limited. There is no tape recorder or LCD. SDN II Bulusari only has a tape recorder. So, it makes the teacher find difficulties in teaching the English lesson to the students.

C. DISCUSSION

1. Teaching English to the 4

th Grade Students The material taught to the 4 th grade was usually compiled from Lesson Time this book was provided with picture, vocabularies, and exercises. The picture helped students to easy understand. Most questions were completed with pictures. To teach the 4 th grade students of SD N II Bulusari, the teacher must be patient both in explaining the materials and handling the students. Therefore, the teacher could teach them until they really understood what they had learnt. After they understood each of material in the book, the teacher continued the lesson to the next material. Based on the lesson plan, the steps used to teach the students are as follows: a. Greeting and introducing the material afternoon The teacher : “Good afternoon, students” The students : “Good afternoon, miss” The teacher : “How are you today?” The students : “I’m fine. And you?” commit to user The teacher asked : “I am fine too, thank you.” After the greeting, the teacher asked to the students about their presences. If there was a student who was absent, the teacher asks why the student is absent. The teacher: “Who is absent today?” If there was no student absent. The students would say “No one, Miss” Then, the teacher continued with introducing the material without telling to the students what the topic was about. At first, the teacher asked the students whether they knew parts of the body that the teacher pointed. The teacher : “Students…Do you have eyes? The students : “Yes, I have” The teacher : Do you have ears?” The students : Yes, I have” The teacher : “And then, do you have lip, hands, hair, mouth, fingers? The students : “Yes …” Having asked about parts of the body, the teacher explained them by using Indonesian. It was done to make the students understand and answer the question well. The teacher also explained how to read and write it in the right sentence. Besides, the teacher said some words about parts of the body and then the students imitated her. b. Song In order to make the students interested in the material, the teacher used song. The song must have a relation with the material. The teacher commit to user sang the song first and repeated it in several times so that the students knew it. My Eyes My Nose My eyes, my ears, my nose, my mouth My eyes, my ears, my nose, my mouth My eyes, my ear s, my nose, my mouth We all clap hands together c. Exercise After introducing the material, the teacher gave some exercises to the students. Therefore, the teacher conducted some activities to develop skill, especially writing skill. They are: i. Matching Students were given a simple test to match some pictures with the words in the box. ii. Dictation The students were asked to write down the words said by the writer. Most of the words were vocabularies they have known. iii. Jumbled Letter The writer gave the students jumbled letter. They had to arrange those letters in to the correct form. commit to user iv. Completing sentence The students had to complete sentence given by the writer with their own words from the vocabularies they already known. v. Translation The students were asked to translate Indonesia into English sentences.

2. The difficulties in Teaching English to the 4