Teaching seventh grade students of SMP N 20 Surakarta to write description: problems and solutions

Oleh :
Resa Estiani Edi Putri - C9307072 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

ABSTRACT This final project report is written based on my job training activities as an English teacher in SMP N 20 Surakarta. This final project report discusses the problems and the solutions in teaching descriptive text for the 7th graders of SMP N 20. By observing the class, giving questionnaire, interviewing the English teacher and teaching directly at the 7th grade class, the writer could write the final project completely, that illustrating the teaching English process in the class, the problems that happen and the solutions for its problems. The steps of teaching descriptive text are the writer gave example of descriptive text, then the writer explained about social function, generic structure and lexico grammatical features and gave several questions as guided writing activity. The problems came from many aspects, from the students, the English teacher and the writer. From the students, the students have less motivation in learning English. Determining the first sentence to describe something is difficult for the students. The students also have limited vocabulary and grammar and they are getting bored easily during the lesson. The problems faced by the teacher, they have to control the noisy students, teaching in limited time and material, the number of students and the student’s ability in English. In the writer side, the writer should manage noisy class, using limited time and material, handling the student’s motivation and their vocabulary and grammar. The solutions for the problems above are: The students need to get more motivation in learning English. For the teacher, the teacher must treat the students resolutely. They must enforce the students to be discipline. The teacher should be creative in making teaching strategy to create the student’s interest.