Descriptive study on the implementation of teaching Reading to the tenth grade students of senior High school of assalaam Surakarta In 2012/2013 academic year

摘要

The objective of this study is to descriptive study on the implementation of theudteaching reading to the tenth grade students of Senior High School of Assalaam Surakarta in 2012 /ud2013 Academic Year. The writer focuses the study on some dimensions, they are: 1)udCurriculum, including about Competence-Standard of English Lesson for SMA,udBasic Competence, syllabus, and material, 2) Method of teaching, that consists ofudstudent’s role and teacher’s role, 3) Learning media, 4) Evaluation system, and 5)udEnvironment. The last is the strengths and the weaknesses of the teaching readingudskills implementation.udIn this study, the writer uses descriptive qualitative researchas the properudmethod to describe the implementation of the current curriculum in English teachingudsince the descriptive research aims at providing as accurately as possible of whatudcurrent practice is; how learners do learn; how teachers do teach; what classroomudlooks like; at particular moment in particular place. This research called qualitativeudreseacrh because it was relying on the collection of qualitative data.udThe result of the observation in teaching learning process of English the writerudfinds that the process of teaching and learning is task-based instructions. The teacherudgives more explanation, so the teacher becomes the counselor. There are three stepsudof teaching and learning activities, namely; opening, study session (the explanation),udand closing, 2) To support this curriculum in the teaching learning process, theudteacher uses some learning media, they are; flash card, internet, tape recorder, andudtelevision. Therefore, the writer concludes that the implementation of the material isudstill less, many examples of the material does not transfer maximally, 3) The writerudfinds that the students tend to be active in the class, when the teacher starts theudteaching learning process, the students are just listening to the teacher’s explanationudabout the material. Based on the research finding, there are strengths on the teachingudreading. The first it had good procedural steps on teaching learning process. Theudsecond, the teacher applies an interesting system in order to attract the student’sudattention. And the weaknesses are the first, the teacher is more focus on the writtenudform, then the teacher holds the remedial test for all of the students without anyudexception. So that the students get bored and not interested, that makes the studentsudlazy to learn and participate. Hence, it is necessary that the teachers always rehearse how to manage themselves prior to teaching in the class.