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TEACHERS’ PROBLEMS IN USING TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA AT SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN KECAMATAN LAMPIHONG BALANGAN SOUTH KALIMANTAN

PROPOSAL

By

Yusita Novitasari
NPM 306.07.12.303

I. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

In Indonesia, English is the first foreign language that has been taught as compulsory subject at junior and senior high schools. However, the result of teaching English has not been satisfactory yet (Kasbolah, 2001:7). We can see from the condition around us which shows that most SMU graduates,

who have studied English for approximately six years, are still lack of English competence. They cannot even read English textbooks or English references when they are in the university. Instead of translating the textbooks or references by themselves, they prefer asking someone to translate the textbook they use.

Due to the fact above, the government realizes the importance of English and tries to develop the human resource who have capability in communication using English as a foreign language by legalizing the teaching of English in the elementary schools through the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia No. 060/U/1993 dated February 25 1993. It states that the local content subjects can be English subject.

Based on the Decree above, the national education office of Kabupaten Balangan has also permitted all elementary schools in this regency to include English as the local content. As a result, some of the elementary schools include English as one of the subjects taught starting from grade four.

However, the implementation of teaching English at elementary schools is far from satisfaction. One of the factors that can be a problem in the teaching of English is the unavailability of textbooks and instructional media (Kasbolah 2002: 3).

This condition also happens in elementary schools in Balangan regency. The English teachers are difficult to find appropriate textbooks and instructional media used in teaching. As a result, most of the teachers only use the books available without considering the appropriateness of the textbooks with the students’ characteristics.

In reference to the description above, the researcher is interested to conduct a research with the title: Teachers’ problems in using textbooks and instructional media at some elementary schools in Kecamatan Lampihong Balangan”.

1.2 Identification and Formulation of the Problems

There are some problems faced by the English teachers at elementary schools, they are among others:
Teachers’ qualification
Teaching preparation
Classroom management
English textbooks
Instructional media

In this research, the study is limited only in investagating the teachers’ problems in using textbooks and instructional media. So, the problem can be formulated as follows:

What are the teachers’ problems in the use of English textbooks at Elementary schools at Kecamatan Lampihong?

What are the teachers’ problems in the use of instructional media at Elementary schools at Kecamatan Lampihong?

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