2 Producing the high-qualified graduations that are ready to involve themselves
in the international world. 3
Producing human resources who are qualified and competent not only in the academic area but also in the international communication
4 Developing school’s potentials in every aspect to produce the qualified and
competent human resources. 5
Gaining the quality of education in Indonesia generally, in the province of Central Java, to face the globalization era.
Achieving the goals, it needs qualified immersion teachers who do not only master the knowledge of subject matters but are proficient also in the
language.
c. The Characteristics of the Immersion Classes
Immersion classes have to fulfill these following criteria: 1
Using foreign language English as the medium of instruction on some subject matters like Mathematics, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. While the
other subject are taught and learnt fully using Bahasa Indonesia. 2
Applying the current curriculum. The curriculum used is similar to which is used in the regular classes, with the difference on the medium language only.
The curriculum which is applied in the regular classes is the curriculum of education unit level Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan PendidikanKTSP. Some
parts of the curriculum may be improved or modified.
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3 Each class consists of 23-25 students. The small number of students is
designed to create so conditional environment that the students acquire English effectively.
4 The students are selected from special tests and requirements. The tests are
conducted in English and divided into the written and oral tests. Therefore, the students of immersion classes possess the higher English competence than
that the regular classes. 5
The teachers are those who can meet the following criteria: being able to use English actively as the medium of instruction, being able to design lesson
plan and syllabus using English, being able to design teaching materials using English, being able to design assessment using English, having a bachelor
degree, having a certificate on English training, and being able to provide services and educational information using English.
6 The classrooms are sufficiently equipped with some facilitation like AC-
rooms, laptop, viewer, overhead projector, dictionaries, and bilingual reference books. Unlike the regular classes, the immersion classes have some
facilitation which supports the teaching learning activity. 7
The culture in the classroom is the local culture. There is no exposure of the medium language’ culture.
8 The daily and semester tests are held in English. Whereas the national
examination is held in Bahasa Indonesia since the government has not designed the special examination for bilingual program.
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d. Procedures of Implementation
