ABSTRACT
This study aims at investigating the implementation of Scientific Approach
in English teaching viewed from (1) the teachers’ understanding about Scientific
Approach, (2) the components of lesson plan, (3) the classroom procedures, (4)
the classroom techniques, (5) the teachers’ and students’ roles; (6) the roles of
instructional materials. Moreover, the problems faced by the teachers in
implementing Scientific Approach are also investigated.
This naturalistic study was implemented to the tenth and eleventh grade
students of SMAN 1 Magelang. The sources of data in this study were informants,
events, and documents. Observation, interview and document analysis were
employed as techniques of collecting data. Triangulation was applied to increase
the trustworthiness of the data. The data were analysed by using the interactive
model analysis namely data reduction, (2) data display, and (3) drawing
conclusion and verification.
The result of the research shows that (1) The teachers’ have adequate
understanding about Scientific Approach; (2) The components of the teachers’
lesson plan met the standard minimum as required by the government; (3) The
English teachers were not consistent in implementing the Scientific Approach.
There were seven different teaching patterns conducted under the Scientific
Approach; (4) The teaching techniques used by teachers were varied namely
reading aloud, skimming,scanning, question and answer, brainstorming, game,
lecturing, small group discussion and intensive reading, presentation and free
writing; (5) The teachers played the different roles in which they played the roles
as controller, tutor, organizer, source of knowledge, prompter, tutor, observer,
assessor and participant. The students played the roles as initiator, listener,
obeyer, interactor, peer teacher, writer, performer, obeyer, team member,
performer, experimenter to respond teacher’ instruction; (6) The teaching
materials played the roles as a resource for presentation materials, a source of
activities for learner practice and communicative interaction, a reference source
for learners on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation as well as motivation and
stimulation; (7) The teachers were up against the problems in designing the lesson
plan, implementing the complete steps of Scientific Approach procedures and
managing the teaching materials.
The results of this study imply that understanding the nature of lesson plan,
the concept of Scientific Approach, students-centered learning and modifying the
Scientific Approach are needed. The researcher suggests that the lesson planning,
teaching materials and the several of activities should be improved to make
betterment in implementing Scientific Approach.
Keywords: Scientific Approach, naturalistic study, lesson plan, teaching
materials, students’ role, teachers’ role