A Study Of Teacher’s Strategy In Integrating Language Skill In Teaching English In The Classroom : Case Study At State Islamic Senior High School

Abstract

Teachers must have experience in teaching. The goal of teaching and learning is to make students understand the language even spoken and written. It means that teachers need to teach the students which are relevant to the student’s current situation and the teachers should find good strategies in the classroom. In the process of teaching language, the teacher needs creativity in choosing and combining some strategies and techniques of teaching. This study aimed to provide broader insight about teaching strategies and integrating language skills at State Islamic Senior High School 1 Malang. For the research design, this study used the descriptive qualitative method. The researcher chose the English teacher at MAN 1 Malang as a respondent selected. The procedure of this research involved three steps. In the first step, the researcher observed in the class, and in the second step, the researcher interviewed the teacher. The last step the researcher took lesson plan, photos and videos as documentation of this research. The finding of this study indicated that there are four strategies in integrating language skills used by the teacher in the class. The teacher's strategies in teaching English skills in the classroom was group presentation/discussion (this strategy has integrated speaking, reading and listening skills), Q&A session (has integrated speaking and listening skills), and Reviewing Material (has integrated listening skill), Role Play (integrated speaking skill and grammar pronunciation) Then, the teacher also divided the activities into three phases learning, namely, pre-teaching (opening), while-teaching (teaching activities), and post-teaching (closing). Teachers implemented these strategies to integrate English language skills to students more active in learning. By using those strategies, it seems that 80% of students can understand the topic quite well. 70% of students have gotten a pretty good score in the daily test. Based on the finding of the research, the researcher hopes that the result of this study can be used as experiences and reference for the English teachers and other researchers. This research can be useful for helping teachers, especially for English teachers, to know more about teaching strategy in integrating English language skills. For further researchers, they should motivate further research to find various teacher’s strategies in teaching learning English.

Keywords: Teaching Strategies, Integrating Language Skills.