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USING INDONESIAN IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SEVENTH
GRADE AT SMPN 1 BANYUBIRU

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Atik Ernawati
112010159

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

USING INDONESIAN IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SEVENTH
GRADE AT SMPN 1 BANYUBIRU

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Atik Ernawati
112010159

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

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Table of Contents
Abstract .......................................................................................................... 1
Introduction .................................................................................................... 1
Lite rature Review ......................................................................................... 3
The controversy of using L1 in ELT............................................................. 3
Why L1 is used in EFL classroom ................................................................ 5
Research on L1 use in ELT........................................................................... 8
Methodology ................................................................................................... 9
Context of the study ..................................................................................... 9
Participant ..................................................................................................... 9
Instrument of data collection ........................................................................ 9
Procedure of data collection.......................................................................... 10
Data analysis ................................................................................................. 11
Findings and Discussion ................................................................................ 11
Use of Indonesian and its frequency ............................................................. 12

Teachers‟ reasons of using Indonesian in English classroom....................... 13
To convey meaning of words or sentences ................................................... 13
To explain grammar point............................................................................. 15
To give instruction ........................................................................................ 17
To maintain discipline................................................................................... 17
To create relaxing atmosphere ...................................................................... 18
To clarify difficult concept ........................................................................... 20
Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 20
Acknowledge ment .......................................................................................... 23
References ....................................................................................................... 24

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USING INDONESIAN IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SEVENTH
GRADE AT SMPN 1 BANYUBIRU
Atik Ernawati
Abstract
The presence and absence of L1 in EFL classroom has been controversial issue
among monolingual and bilingual proponents in education field. This study analyzed
teachers‟ reasons toward the presence of L1 use in English classroom using Cook (2008) and

Tang (2002) framework. The data in this study was obtained from interviews with two
English teachers at SMPN2 Banyubiru. The result revealed that the English teachers used L1
for many reasons, such as L1 use helped students to understand material, helped students to
complete task, and also to decreased stress and to increase students‟ motivation to learn
English.
Keywords : L1,L2, monolingual, bilingual, ELT and EFL.