THE ROLE OF AN ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKING TEACHER IN ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS TO SPEAK ENGLISH
Daftar Isi:
- This study aims at finding out the students’ perception on the role of an English native speaking teacher in a speaking class. It attempts to measure how much support the NS gives to the students so that they feel encouraged to speak English. The participants of this study were those who had experienced of being taught, at least once, by a NS. There were 60 students of the Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University from the year 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The choice of participants was made based on the above consideration. Research data collection was conducted through questionnaire administration to the participants. They were asked to fill the questionaires out. The results were then analyzed with frequency distribution. Besides, the researcher also conducted interview with some of the participants, randomly. The next step is classroom observation which was held twice, within the teachinglearning activity of Speaking class whose students were also involved in the questionnaire filling and interview. The results of the analysis and interpretation indicated that the existence of the NS is needed in Speaking class. The success of the NS in encouraging the students to speak English is influenced by the characteristics which should be owned by the NS himself / herself (e,g. friendly, humorous, communicative). Nevertheless, the students should also give an active role by giving positif respond towards the NS.