PART IV

OBSERVATION ON TEACHER (S)

1.1    Planning for teaching

          The teachers in Teeratada Phitsanulok School always create the lesson plan before they start to teach the students. The aim is to make them easier when they want to teach in class, so that the teaching process can be reached orderly.

          The kinds of lesson plan in Teeratada Phitsanulok School almost similar with the lesson plan in Indonesia, but the lesson plan at Teeratada is the semi detailed but the lesson plan in Indonesia is the detailed one. But the cintent almost similar on both of them.

4.2  Preparing lessons and materials

          Before the teacher start the teaching process they will prepare the materials first. Based on my observation at Teeratada Phitsanulok School, some of the teachers at the school prepare the materials before the Hoikong Activity, it is an activity that teeratada Phitsanulok School always does in the morning before they start teaching and learning process. Some of them were printing some worksheet that will be the supporting materials of the topic. Then, if they hadn’t finished yet, they will continue the preparing activity after Hoikong Activity. Te teachers always go to their office first to prepare the class and the materials that they want to teach. Moreover, they will come to class earlier before all the student entry the class. The teachers help the students to make a good situation before they start teaching.

          For the materials, the teachers always create the materials based on the lesson plan, or sometimes they create the materials based on the books that they use. In this case, English teachers in Teeratada Phitsanulok School use Grammar Books One, Two and Three by Jennifer Seidl from Oxford University

          Based on my experinced when I was teaching in Pratom 4 and 5 at Teeratada, if I want to explain the topic I need to prepare some supporting material such as worksheet through a game that will help them to increase their ability in English. For example:

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1.      Finish  _________                                          9. Repaire        _________

2.      Copy   _________                                          10. Clean         _________

3.      Listen  ­_________                                          11. Paint          _________

4.      Play     _________                                          12. Walk          _________

5.      Call      _________                                          13. Cry            _________

6.      Live     _________                                          14. Ask            _________

7.      Call      _________                                          15. Pull            _________

8.      Cook   _________                                          16. Watch        _________

 4.3 Teaching in Class

          Based on my observation, teaching activities in the class is based on the lesson plan that teachers have made before. But sometimes they do some variaton of teaching, just like in Pratom four and five the teacher always do the warming up to check students’ vocabulary. They will ask the students to stand up and then they ask some vocabulary and if the students are able to answer the question they were allowed to sit.

          For the opening activities, the teachers involve the students to discuss about previous materials especially that related with the materials that they want to discuss. Commonly the teacher will ask the students orally about the previous materials. This activity is aimed to recall students’ memorization about the materials. So that students will keep remember and understand the materials.

          The main activities, teachers explain the materials by presenting it on the whiteboard, but sometimes they will present it on powerpoint, microsoft words or sometimes they use the Quizezz app to assess the student.  When I was practiced teaching, I prepared some worksheet to help me to assess the student comprehension about the topic that I have explained. For example :

A.    Pratom 4

          I have practiced teaching in Pratom 4 A and B, and every students in that class are so good in English, so it quite easy for me to teach the materials for them.

          I thought that if I only teach them in a ordinary or mainstream ways it will be bored, so I have prepared some games that I put into a worksheet so they can be more interesting to the topic and want to study it more. The example of the worksheet that I have prepared is bellow :

                     

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Member of group :

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1.      Finish  _________                                          9. Repaire        _________

2.      Copy   _________                                          10. Clean         _________

3.      Listen  ­_________                                          11. Paint          _________

4.      Play     _________                                          12. Walk          _________

5.      Call      _________                                          13. Cry            _________

6.      Live     _________                                          14. Ask            _________

7.      Call      _________                                          15. Pull            _________

8.      Cook   _________                                          16. Watch        _________

          The students have to work in group and it will build their ability to sociate with others. Because sometime they need to interect with their friend when they study, not only solve the problem by themselves.

B.       Pratom 5

For Pratom 5 I have prepared the worksheet based on the topic, for example :

Name  :                                                                                   Date :

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1.      I _______ finished my homework

2.      She _______ delivered your message to me

3.      John _______ slept for 2 hours

4.      I _______ prepared dinner for you. Do not forget to come !

5.      Rini _______ returned that book to the librarian

6.      He________ knocked your door for several times

7.      Gilang ______  not finished eating yet

8.       My parents _______  asked me to visit them several times

9.      Jennie ________ not eaten her breakfast yet

10.  I ________ already completed the assignment

On that worksheet, they just need to put has/have, I thought that is quite easy for them.

4.4 Measurement and Evaluation

In Basic Education Core Curriculum 2008, learning assessment can be divided into four levels, i.e., classroom level, educational institution level, educational service area level and national level, details of which are as follow.

1. Classroom assessment

Measurement and evaluation are part of the learning process. Teachers regularly and continuously measure and evaluate students’ performance in teaching-learning activities by using diverse assessment techniques, e.g., asking questions, observing, examining homework, assessing projects, tasks/assignments and portfolios, and using written tests, etc.

2. School assessment

This evaluation is conducted by the educational institution in order to appraise the learners’ achievements on an annual/semester basis, based on assessment of reading, analytical thinking and writing, desirable characteristics, and learner development activities. The aim is also to obtain relevant information about whether education provided by the educational institution has enabled learners to reach their goals of learning, and what are the learners’ strengths.

3. Local assessment

Evaluation is conducted in order to assess learners’ quality at educational service area level, based on the learning standards prescribed in the Basic Education Core Curriculum. It is aimed at obtaining basic information required for developing quality of education provided by the educational service area as mandated.

4. National test

Evaluation is conducted in order to assess learners’ quality at national level, based on the learning standards prescribed in the Basic Education Core Curriculum. Educational institutions are required to arrange for assessment of all students in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 12. The evaluation results will provide relevant data for comparing educational quality at different levels, which will be useful for planning in order to raise the quality of education provided. The data obtained will also support decision-making at national policy level.

Teeratada Phitsanulok School has 8 levels in measuring and evaluating as follows :

Grade	Significant	Score Range
4	Excellent	80-100
3.5	Very good	75-79
3	Good	70-74
2.5	Fairly good	65-69
2	Satisfactory	60-64
1.5	Rather satisfactory	55-59
1	Passed	50-54
0	Poor/failed	0-49

They have a ratio for assessing and scoring as follows :

Score before the final examination : final examination = 70 : 30

Criteria	Score
Test / assignment	20
Mid-term	20
Test / assignment	20
Conduct	10
Final examination	30
Total	100