THE APPLICATION OF COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH IN SMU NEGERI 1 MEDAN.
THE APPLICATION OF COMMlJNICATIVE
APPROACH IN SMU NEGERI 1 MEDAN
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MILIK PERPUST AK A~
UNIMEO
ENGLISH APPLIED LINGUISTICS
GRJ\:DUATEPROGRAM
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
ME DAN
2005
A THESIS
THE APPLiCATION OF COMMUNICATIVE
APPROACH IN SMU NECF:Ril MEDAN
Arrangged b)·
Yustiui Amnah I .ubi~
Re~.
~nglish
No. 015010022
Applied Linguistics Graduate Program
State L:niversily of \'ledan
Has been defended before thesis Examination
Committee, on September15'1 2005
And declared to have fulfilled the requinmcnts
ApproV(.'d by
Consultant commission
Consultan I
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Prof. Dr. Jawasi Naibaho
NIP. 1 3 0 3 4 4 7 7 5
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Pl'ot: ·l ina :\1. Arifin, M.A, Ph
P.rof. Dr. Belft-rik !Vhmullang
NIP. 130518778
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the writer would like to thank God the Almighty who has blessed
her so that she could finish her academic year in the State University of Medan.
Secondly, peace be up on prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought human being
from the darkness era to the brightness era.
She believed that without getting help from the following persons, it was
impossible for her to finish her S2 thesis. Therefore, she would like to thank;
1. Prof. Dr. hwasi Naibaho, S.Pd and Prof. Tina Mariani MA, Ph.D as her first
and second supervisors, who had helped and guided her in finishing ner
research,
Prof. Dr. Jawasi Naibaho, S.Pd and Dra. Mcisuri, MA. the Head and the
Secretary of English Dcpm1ment who had helped her in adm;nistrative
processes during her academic years in the State University of Medan,
J. Prof. D.P. Tampubolon, MA, Ph.D, Dr. Berlin Sibarani, M.Pd, and Prof.
Amrin Saragih, MA. Ph.D. her examiners who had given her critics, advices,
and improvement so that she could finish this research,
H. Muhammad Dahlan. A.H, her beloved husband who has accompanied Her
ti 11 the end of his lite time,
5. all her friends and her colleagues who had supported her mentally and on their
pray so that she could finish her study at the State (Jniversity of Medan.
Mcdan,
J1
Septcmher 2005
ABSTRACT
Lubis, Yustini Amnah. 2005. The Application of Communicative Approach in
Smu Negeri 1 Medan. Thesis: The State Univc
r~ity
of Medan.
Th.is thesi!:> deals with the investigatior. of teachers· perspective in teaching English
and to investigate the constraints against the success of communicative approach. The
subjects of this study are the English teachers of SMA Negeri I Medan. There are 11
F.nglish teachers in the schooL The interpretative-constructivist research 'J)aradigm
was used. In collecting the data, there were two phases: phase 1: the attitudes scale:
This phase was to ascertain teachers' attitudes to the Conununicative Approach as an
innovation versus the traditional grammatical structural notions in language teaching
and learning. Therefore, a set of questionnaire was used to collect the data consisting
of 26 statements (13 positive and 13 negative) reflecting aspects of both traditions
matched against a four-point scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
Phase 2: the semi-structured interviews: this phase was to ascertain the range of
constraints facing teachers in the teaching ofEFL communicatively.
The finding!:> indicate that there were many aspects of communicative approach are
not applied based on the teachers' perspective in SMA Negeri 1 Mcdan. Those
aspects are concerned to 1) In selecting the materials, the teachers do not consider the
principle of authenticity. 2) In e mphasizing ben.veen accuracy and fluency, the
teachers emphasize accuracy than fluency. 3) The teachers' role are dominant and the
students' role are less dominant. 4) The teachers transfer the knowledge of language
and notlacilitator of learning the language. 5) Jn teaching reading comprehension, the
teachers teach translation technique than reading strategies. o) Teachers dominantly
use Indonesian language during the kaming process. 7) Students' errors are corrected
immediatetly. 8) The teachers give many drills, home assignment, and repetitions. 9)
The teachers' oriented is product oriented rather than process oriented.
Th
~ teachers' constraints arc due to the fact that they don't have any authority to
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APPROACH IN SMU NEGERI 1 MEDAN
/;Tf3i
ATHESIS
IS
~)/.qy
L.\A. k.
0..
By:
So bmittcd to the~
(;raduate Program of English Applied Linguistics
In Partial Fulfillment For th-e l)cgn~
nf Magister of llumaniora
MILIK PERPUST AK A~
UNIMEO
ENGLISH APPLIED LINGUISTICS
GRJ\:DUATEPROGRAM
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
ME DAN
2005
A THESIS
THE APPLiCATION OF COMMUNICATIVE
APPROACH IN SMU NECF:Ril MEDAN
Arrangged b)·
Yustiui Amnah I .ubi~
Re~.
~nglish
No. 015010022
Applied Linguistics Graduate Program
State L:niversily of \'ledan
Has been defended before thesis Examination
Committee, on September15'1 2005
And declared to have fulfilled the requinmcnts
ApproV(.'d by
Consultant commission
Consultan I
/
.....-·
;·,1
Prof. Dr. Jawasi Naibaho
NIP. 1 3 0 3 4 4 7 7 5
1
Pl'ot: ·l ina :\1. Arifin, M.A, Ph
P.rof. Dr. Belft-rik !Vhmullang
NIP. 130518778
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the writer would like to thank God the Almighty who has blessed
her so that she could finish her academic year in the State University of Medan.
Secondly, peace be up on prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought human being
from the darkness era to the brightness era.
She believed that without getting help from the following persons, it was
impossible for her to finish her S2 thesis. Therefore, she would like to thank;
1. Prof. Dr. hwasi Naibaho, S.Pd and Prof. Tina Mariani MA, Ph.D as her first
and second supervisors, who had helped and guided her in finishing ner
research,
Prof. Dr. Jawasi Naibaho, S.Pd and Dra. Mcisuri, MA. the Head and the
Secretary of English Dcpm1ment who had helped her in adm;nistrative
processes during her academic years in the State University of Medan,
J. Prof. D.P. Tampubolon, MA, Ph.D, Dr. Berlin Sibarani, M.Pd, and Prof.
Amrin Saragih, MA. Ph.D. her examiners who had given her critics, advices,
and improvement so that she could finish this research,
H. Muhammad Dahlan. A.H, her beloved husband who has accompanied Her
ti 11 the end of his lite time,
5. all her friends and her colleagues who had supported her mentally and on their
pray so that she could finish her study at the State (Jniversity of Medan.
Mcdan,
J1
Septcmher 2005
ABSTRACT
Lubis, Yustini Amnah. 2005. The Application of Communicative Approach in
Smu Negeri 1 Medan. Thesis: The State Univc
r~ity
of Medan.
Th.is thesi!:> deals with the investigatior. of teachers· perspective in teaching English
and to investigate the constraints against the success of communicative approach. The
subjects of this study are the English teachers of SMA Negeri I Medan. There are 11
F.nglish teachers in the schooL The interpretative-constructivist research 'J)aradigm
was used. In collecting the data, there were two phases: phase 1: the attitudes scale:
This phase was to ascertain teachers' attitudes to the Conununicative Approach as an
innovation versus the traditional grammatical structural notions in language teaching
and learning. Therefore, a set of questionnaire was used to collect the data consisting
of 26 statements (13 positive and 13 negative) reflecting aspects of both traditions
matched against a four-point scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
Phase 2: the semi-structured interviews: this phase was to ascertain the range of
constraints facing teachers in the teaching ofEFL communicatively.
The finding!:> indicate that there were many aspects of communicative approach are
not applied based on the teachers' perspective in SMA Negeri 1 Mcdan. Those
aspects are concerned to 1) In selecting the materials, the teachers do not consider the
principle of authenticity. 2) In e mphasizing ben.veen accuracy and fluency, the
teachers emphasize accuracy than fluency. 3) The teachers' role are dominant and the
students' role are less dominant. 4) The teachers transfer the knowledge of language
and notlacilitator of learning the language. 5) Jn teaching reading comprehension, the
teachers teach translation technique than reading strategies. o) Teachers dominantly
use Indonesian language during the kaming process. 7) Students' errors are corrected
immediatetly. 8) The teachers give many drills, home assignment, and repetitions. 9)
The teachers' oriented is product oriented rather than process oriented.
Th
~ teachers' constraints arc due to the fact that they don't have any authority to
scl