scholarly journals Challenges Faced by English Teacher in Teaching: Case Study of Junior High School in Banjarnegara Regency

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Hari Widi Utomo ◽  
Tatsuya Kusakabe ◽  
Achmad Sultoni ◽  
Dhina Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Development Activity

Teaching English is not a very easy job and becomes a challenging task for the Junior High School teacher in Banjarnegara regency that is located in a mountainous area and the majority of the people love to speak their mother tongue in their daily life. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges faced by an English teacher in the teaching as well as what the solution/recommendation they made. This study employed the qualitative methods in which questionnaires and interview guide utilized and hundred and twenty-five (N=125) teachers were purposely and conveniently sampled from Junior High School English teachers in Banjarnegara regency. The results revealed that the challenges faced in teaching English are divided into four parts. The first challenges were from the teachers. These challenges are less of teaching material, teaching design, classroom management, ICT skill, many teaching administration, job loaded, and memory decrease. The second was from the students. Those are lack of vocabulary, loss of motivation, and juvenile delinquencies. The third was from schools. Schools had limited facilities, which can be utilized by teachers and students in teaching activities such as; limited dictionary, projector, and language laboratory. The fourth was from the parents. Many parents from the village have low education and future vision so it influenced their children's education. The study also gives three recommendations for succeeding in teaching English such as; (1) teachers should make teaching contract at the beginning of the semester, (2) principals send teachers joining to MGMP meeting and Continuous Professional Development activity, (3) schools give motivation to students and parents periodically.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHING ENGLISH BASED ON CURRICULUM 2013 APPLIED BY AN ENGLISH TEACHER OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Nur Andariyani ◽  
Diani Nurhajati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
The Government

Curriculum 2013 has been implemented by many schools, including a junior high school at Kediri. English teachers, who implement it, must have sufficient knowledge on what to teach, how to teach, and how to assess students’ competence, etc. The idea of implementing this curriculum is that graduates of school levels are able to compete with the graduates from other countries. Students should have communicative competence in English which covers four language skills. Therefore, this research aims at answering the question: “How is the implementation of teaching English based on Curriculum 2013 applied by an English teacher of junior high school at Kediri?” The subject of this research is an English teacher of junior high school at Kediri. It is a qualitative research which focused on the material development, teaching steps, and classroom management. The data was found from observation during teaching and learning process, interview the teacher, and documentation. The result showed that in teaching English the teacher developed the materials by modifying and extending the tasks based on the Richard and Harmer’s theory. Then, in delivering the materials, the teacher tried to implement the scientific approach, although the application was different from the concept from the scientific approach proposed by the government. Furthermore, the teacher also managed the classroom well by applying group works, and setting the comfortable condition in the class during teaching and learning process.   Key words: teaching English, Curriculum 2013, materials development, teaching steps, classroom management.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Task Based Learning in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text to The Junior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
Achmad Saifudin ◽  
Slamet Setiawan ◽  
Syafi’ul Anam
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Target Language ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Design Task

The research aims at investigating the implementation of task based learning conducted by the teacher in teaching writing descriptive text for junior high shool students of seven grade.The student still have problem in writing especially descriptive text. The study examine show to the teacher conducs the task based learning in teaching writing trought some step and elaborates students’ ability in writing descriptive text.the research used qualitative approach because the result of the data analyzed was in descriptive phenomenom such a word, sentence and utterence. The data is collected from observation, interview and students’ writing. The analysis of the data was conducted thought categorization, data display and drawing conclusion. The subjects of this research are an english teacher and his students of VII grade. The result of the study indicates that the implementation of task based has many weaknesses in some aspects.The consuming time in doing the task is one of the matters. Students’ use of mother tongue instead of the target language makes the implementation of task based learning does not go as expected.In reference to the findings of the study, some suggestion proposed. The english teacher should use and design task which will not consume more time,so the step in task based learning will bwe accommodated in a meeting. The student should speak in the target language and the task based learning is implemented in order to reach the aim of this approach.   Key Words : Task – Based Learning, Descriptive text, Students’ writing

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF ICE BREAKER TO STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN TEACHING ENGLISH

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Asti Solihat ◽  
Ayu Rindu Astuti ◽  
Intan Satriani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Junior High ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Learning English

This research is aimed at exploring ice breaker technique in teaching English for student at Junior High School in Cimahi. Based on the important of teaching English in Indonesia as foreign language. So by doing ice breaking before learning, it is expected that students can focus on the learning English process. In this research the writer used case study and qualitative research method. The subject of this research was on of an English teacher at One of Junior High School in Cimahi. The instrument of this research are observation, and interview. The result of this research is students’ to be focus and fun on learning English in the class.

Attitudes and Career Interests of Junior High School Mathematics Students: Implications for the Classroom

1985 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
Katherine Pedersen ◽  
Dorothy R. Bleyer ◽  
Patricia B. Elmore
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Academic Factors ◽  
Role Identification ◽  
Junior High School Teacher

During the 1970s. various political, cultural, and academic factors joined to thrust the topic of sex differences in achievement in mathematics to national attention. At the same time, research has served to refine attitudinal instruments and to relate cultural and societal influences to sex differences in mathematics. The junior high school years are Important to study because sex-role identification becomes more prominent, and crucial educational choices are made at this stage. Surprisingly, a study by Benbow and Stanley (1980) has suggested that the mathematical experiences of both males and females are identical until the junior high school years. The junior high school teacher, especially, becomes cognizant that different foctors are Influencing students during these early adolescent years.

The arithmetic of growth

1954 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-183
Author(s):  
H. C. Trimble
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Junior High School Teacher

Every junior high-school teacher knows how hard it is to instill the concept: The same per cent of different amounts yields different answers. Twenty per cent of 50 is 10; but 20 per cent of 60 is 12.

Mathematics in the Junior High School: Teaching the formula for circle area

1956 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 548-549
Author(s):  
Jen Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
High School Teaching ◽  
Geometry Class ◽  
Algebra Class

To make the concept of the formula for the area of the circle an old and accepted one in the minds of gangling, trying-not-to-be-schooled junior high youngsters of today is the goal of many an arithmetic teacher. How far short of his goal he falls is shown in the blank stares the high school teacher faces when he asks his algebra class or geometry class to state the formula.

Psychology of learning in the junior high school

1956 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-240
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Junior High School Teacher ◽  
Psychology Of Learning

Too often mathematics is “taught” without regard for those things which are known about the learning process and the characteristics of a particular age group. This article summarizes some of these important facts for the junior high school teacher.

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