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: 8E DayDate : Tuesday, October 8 th 2013 Time : 07.00-08.20 2 contact hours Time Activities Situations Notes Teacher Students 7.00 Greets students Asking students how they do, if there is anyone absent, and if there is any assignment Greeting the teacher back Students properly reply Fresh since it is in the morning and the first lesson of the day. Students look enthusiastic All use English at this time 7.08 Reminds students that there are still students who haven’t got the turn to perform related to the role play about expressions in the last meeting. Agreeing and some students prepared themselves 7.10 Prepares her checklist and scoring papers Get in front of the class in pairs in turns. There are total 7 pairs. The other students who have got their turns have a chat with their peers, some pay attention, some just read something. Nearly all of them performed successfully. Their speech are mostly good, some just need to speak up. Many add gesture as in the real communication and none reads . Overall performance is excellent. 146 7.35 After scoring, the teacher gives compliment to the students for their performance then provides some advice and encouragement Telling the students that she needs to calculate the score since there are several aspects that she needs to evaluate. Paying attention to the students, sometimes responding to what the teacher says. Some are with Indonesian and some use English in Indonesian way. A student asks about the grade in the role play. The other students are then quiet waiting for the teacher’s reply Teacher mostly uses English for this time combined with some Indonesian in minority. Students uses Indonesian to ask The teacher mixes English and Indonesia 7.40 Asking the students to open their student books in a certain page about text. She explains about recount text, what it is, gives examples about it and asks the students if the can give other examples. The teacher gives list of words taken from one text in the students’ book and asks them to Students take their books and pay attention to the teacher. Several students give such examples without having to be appointed Taking their books and write all of the words down Students focuses on the teacher’s speech The teacher mixes Indonesian and English but repeats some terms consistently such as ‘past experience’ and ‘past verb’ 147 find the meaning. The students are given time about 10 to 15 minutes Repeating the asked words. When the students still ask, she spells the words. Students ask the teachers to repeat some words because they have never heard them before The teacher seems to avoid writing the asked words in the whiteboard. Sometimes she says the word in Indonesian way. A student asks the teacher politely to write those words on the whiteboard but the teacher ignores the request and starts spelling. 8.00 The teacher confirms if the students are finished and then tells the students to open certain page about a short recount text where she took the words from. She asks the students to read them. Students read the text. Some make use of their translator or dictionary 8.13 The time is running out and the teacher gives a chance for students who can give the correct translation for the words given according to the text with available markers. Each student writes for one word. Several students race for the markers and write the word. 148 The teacher tells the students to give the meaning 8.18 The teacher checks the words by asking the class if the meaning is right quickly. There are two incorrect meanings and she asks the students for correct answers. Students confirm the about the right answers. A student gives the correct answers. The teacher asks students using several repeated classroom languages such as ‘Is it correct?’ ‘What do you think about this?’ ‘is it true?’ Students mostly answer with English but direct to the point. 8.22 The teacher gives points for all who wrote the word meaning and those who correct the meaning. She gives homework to answer questions about the text and offer the other students a point if they can send her the summary of the text the next day. The teacher apologizes for extending the time a little bit, closes the lesson, and greets the class after that. Student pay attentions The students greets back in English 149 Grade : 8B DayDate : Tuesday, October 8 th 2013 Time : 09.50-11.15 2 contact hours Time Activities Situations Notes Teacher Students 9.50 Greets students Asking students how they do, if there is anyone absent, and if there is any assignment Greeting the teacher back Students properly reply Several students are not paying attention and jesting one another. All use English at this time 9.55 Asking the students who have not performed for speaking test. The teacher asks if they are ready yet. The teacher ignore that kind of reply and appoints the other students to performs Some students who haven’t raised their hands Several answer not seriously that they have not. A pair of students come up followed by other 9 pairs Other students are talking each other. Not much paying attention to the performers. Many students perform poorly. They still bring notes in their performance. The pronunciation is not clear and they do not speak loud enough. It even takes time too long for some pairs of student to finish their performance since they do not really memorize and need to check their notes. 10.40 The teacher gives comments on the performers and their performance. She encourages them to be better next time Students pay attention to the teacher. The teacher uses Indonesian and Javanese dominantly in this class for this occasion. 150 10.47 Asking the students to open certain page in the students’ book about recount text. She explains about recount text. She tries to open communication by asking the students the example of recount text. The teacher corrects the student and invites more to give more examples Students open the page . A student sitting in the front row tries to answer in Indonesian with low voice. Several students give more answers, still using Indonesian. Teacher mixes the language but Indonesian is more dominant. 11.00 The teacher asks the students to write down some words taken from one text in the students’ book and tell them to find the meaning. The teacher walks around to see if the students are doing right. Students take their books and write down the words. There are some students asking the students to repeat the words. Several students open their laptops and discuss with their to find the meaning of the words Taking their books and write all of the words down The teacher deploys Indonesian mostly but still repeats some terms as the previous class consistently such as ‘past experience’ and ‘past verb’. Different from the morning class, she writes the words down on the whiteboard. 151 11.13 The teacher asks if the students have finished. Being aware that the time is out, she makes the task homework and tells them to read the text so that they can find the correct meaning of the words given. She closes the session and greet the students Several students respond that they have not finished. Students greet her back.