The teaching and learning process of SD N 01 Gantiwarno Matesih

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2. Lesson plan

Before entering the classroom, the teacher should has preparation, so the writer made a lesson plan in order to make the successful in the English teaching and learning process. A lesson plan can control the material given to the students based on the curriculum concept. In making a lesson plan, the teacher must have pay attention in arranging the material’s structure and having ability to develop the material based on the lesson plan. Besides, the teacher also has to pay attention the material based on the syllabus given by the government. In the lesson plan, one topic can be presented more than one meeting, depending on the topic, the student’s understanding and the length of the time. The material that was used by the teacher in making a lesson plan was taken from the syllabus given by the district government, additional books and English student’s worksheets LKS.

3. The teaching and learning process of SD N 01 Gantiwarno Matesih

There are three components to make the teaching and learning process become effective, they are teacher, students and the material that used. The teaching and learning process will run successfully if the three components support each other. English lesson in SD N 01 Gantiwarno were taught from the 1 st grade up to the 6 th grade. The English’s teacher at SD N 01 Gantiwarno is not the real English teacher. She is a common teacher likes a class’s teacher. She just teaches the students in a general of English. 20 In this elementary school the English lesson is not a main lesson, but it still becomes additional lesson. It is taught once a week in every class. The English lesson was done on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The English’s schedule for the 5 th grade is every Friday starting at 07.30 up to 09.00 a.m. SD N 01 Gantiwarno is not used a main book for the students in the English teaching and learning process. The book is just as an additional book and it has a teacher who has it. The materials taken from the syllabus given by the district government and the teacher looked for from another books or internet by her self. The students just have an English student’s work sheets LKS. The teacher gives homework and exercises from the LKS, additional books or she makes by her self. C.Discussion 1. The English Teaching and learning activities in SD N 01 Gantiwarno In SD N 01 Gantiwarno the English lesson is given for the 1 st grade up to the 6 th grade. The English lesson in this elementary school is not a main lesson, it still becomes an additional lesson. The school gives the allocated time for about 90 minutes once a week. So it does not support the English lesson. At that time, the writer concentrated on teaching to the 5 th grade students, conducted every Friday, starting at 07.30 up to 09.00 a.m. In supporting the activities, the writer used grammar translation methods to deliver the materials for the students, because it is the most suitable method that 21 can be applied in the classroom in teaching the new language to the young learners. Although it was English lesson, the use of English language was not used fully. It is done because English is new language for the students, so the level of their understanding is very low. So, during the English lesson, the writer applied approximately 50 English and 50 Indonesian language. Both of them are used together. The writer explained the material by using Indonesian language and the English was used in the communicative expressions, such us greetings, command and order. To make the students understand easily the writer used real objects and pictures. In explaining the material, the writer often repeated the material more than once, in order to make the students understand about the materials. She also gave examples before giving the exercises as guidance for the students in doing their exercises. When the students did their exercises, the writer walked around and checked the students’ task one by one. She helped the students who faced difficulty in their exercises. To make the students more active, the writer gave opportunities to the students who want to answer the questions in front of class. She also gave additional mark for them. To make the students more interested in the English lesson, the writer gave games and song that were related to the topics. It made the English lesson more interesting and attracted the students’ attention. The game and song are given to the students after they had finished the materials. Th e games can reduce the students’ bor. 22 The students felt happy when the writer gave games or songs. Generally, the English teaching and learning activities in the 5 th grade class room was active enough although there were still some passive students.

2. The teaching procedure