Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Teacher’s Instructions Used in Teaching English for Intellectually Disabled Students

TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONS USED IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED STUDENTS
Lesti Hapsari
Abstract
The government stated clearly that student with special need, in this study is
intellectually disabled students should get the same right of education. However they
have a different level of intelligence that make intellectually disabled students should get
a special education from school. Since those intellectually disabled students need
different treatment and may get different instruction from the teacher. This study
conducted to find out the types of instructions frequently used by the teacher in teaching
and learning process especially in teaching English for Intellectually disabled students at
SLB Wantu Wirawan. The participant of the study is an English teacher at SLB Wantu
Wirawan, Salatiga. The data were collected using a nonparticipant observation and
interview questions. The study revealed that the teacher used three types of instructions
such as direct instructions, interactive instruction, and independent instruction. The result
showed that direct instructions is the most often used in teaching and learning process.

Keywords: Instruction, teaching English, Intellectually Disabled students