The Instructional Process of Teaching Speaking to Bilingual Students at SMP Al-Azhar Medan

Abstract

The objectives of this study was to describe the instructional process of teaching speaking to bilingual students at Junior High School (Sekolah Menengah Pertama: SMP) Al-Azhar Medan. The research was designed by applying naturalistic qualitative inquiry. The data sources were taken from key informants and supporting informants, the key informant was English teacher at SMP Al- Azhar and supporting informants were other English teachers and students. The data were obtained by implementing participant observation and interview. The participant observation was held to investigate the instructional process. Furthermore, the interview was conducted to collect the information on the reasons why such process was conducted in the instructional process of teaching speaking to bilingual students which refers to the perfective view of language teaching. The analyses of this research were by applying Bogdan & Biklen (1992) approach. The findings show that there were four steps of the instructional process of teaching speaking namely Analysis, Preparation, Implementation, and Evaluation or Assessment. Analysis was conducted to identify the process which was done by teacher about what to be learned and to whom the lesson was taught. The preparation is the setting up process in creating the strategies to teach speaking; which happened directly or in the planning of the lesson plan. Implementation is the main process in practicing speaking which applies the strategies or method. Evaluation or assessment is the feedback from the teacher all or parts of materials which had been studied. Based on the interviews and observations it was found that the instructional process of teaching speaking which had been done by the teacher refers to the interactional view because the teacher taught speaking based on the student’s interaction directly in a real context. These research finding tend to ADDIE’s (2003) model. The development and designing includes the preparation, and evaluation that can be used as the assessment. Based on the result of the study, conclusions, implications and suggestions are directed to English teacher in modifying, designing and implementing instructional process of teaching speaking and to get recent methods in improving the teaching of speaking to bilingual students.