English Club As an Extracurricular Program at SMPN 3 Malang
| Main Author: | Siti Faizatul Himmatul Khoiriyah; Perpustakaan UM |
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| Format: | PeerReviewed |
| Bahasa: | ind |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://karya-ilmiah.um.ac.id/index.php/sastra-inggris/article/view/7195 |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACT Khoiriyah, Siti Faizatul Himmatul. 2010. English Club As an Extracurricular Program at SMPN 3 Malang. Thesis, English Department. Faculty of Letters. Sarjana Program. State University of Malang. Advisor: Dr. Arwijati Wahyudi, Dip. TESL, M.Pd. Key words: English Club, Extracurricular program English is considered as an important language for communication purposes. Unfortunately, English is a foreign language in Indonesian context that is only taught in the classroom. The students do not have a chance to practice and use their English outside the classroom. Thus, some schools conduct extracurricular program of English to give the students chance to have more practice and use their English. The objective of conducting the extracurricular program depends on the school. Different schools may have different extracurricular programs and different objectives. SMPN 3 Malang conducts an English Club as an extracurricular program of English. The aim of conducting this program is to train students so that they get ready for English contests such as debate, speech, and story telling contests. This study is descriptive study. The aim of this study is to describe how the English Club as an extracurricular program at SMPN 3 Malang was conducted. The school was chosen because it is considered one of the best schools in Malang which won many English championships. The study aims at describing: (1) kinds of teaching techniques, materials and media used by the teacher in the English Club, (2) the requirements for students in joining the club, (3) teachers' opinion about the English Club and the teachers' problems in conducting the English Club and (4) the students' opinion about the English Club and the students' problem in the English Club. The findings show that the technique used mostly is group work; the material that was used mostly by teachers is recent topic with visual and audio visual media. The findings also show the test that is interview test should be passed by the students in joining the club. The teachers believe that the English Club is good but still needs to be improved. Similarly, the students, who were selected by the interview test feel that their English get improved since they join the club.