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“TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR USE OF L1 IN GIVING
INSTRUTIONS AT SMP N 1 BANYUBIRU”
Retno Pujiyanti

ABSTRACT
English becomes one of the important courses in Junior High School. In teaching L2, the
teacher still needs to use L1 to help the students understand L2 better. Especially in giving
instructions, the students have to really understand what they should do. This study is aimed
to find out teachers’ perceptions of their use of L1 in giving instructions. This research used
descriptive method. It was conducted in SMP N 1 Banyubiru, by taking two teachers as the
participants. Those participants were chosen randomly based on their willingness to be
observed and interviewed. The data was collected by interviewing the participants and
observing their teaching sessions. The observation was conducted three times for each
participant, so in total there are six observations. The observations session showed that
teacher 1 used L1 more rather than teacher 2. Furthermore, the finding reveals that the
teachers have positive perceptions of using L1 in giving instructions. However, they used L1
only in certain case like for clarifying their complex instructions. Using L1 is considered
important and useful in the case of helping the students to have better understanding to what
they are expected to do.
Keywords: Teachers’ Perceptions, The Use of L1