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Classroom  Observation  4

Standar Kompetensi /CS :   Berkomunikasi dengan Bahasa Inggris setara Level Novice.

Kompetensi Dasar / BC   :1.6  Memahami memo dan menu sederhana, jadwal perjalanan kendaraan umum, dan rambu-rambu lalu lintas

Teaching  point                                                                                                                          :  Traffic signs and symbols

Teacher                                :  Yulius Usman, S.Pd.

Participant                           :  Students at XTKR 3

Place and Date                    :  March 3, 2011, SMK Merdeka (Class  X TKR 3)

Time                                      :  09.30-12.00

Teaching Strategies	Teacher’s  Activities	Students’ Activities
A. Pre Activities	Greetings and asked about the students’ condition.	Greetings and responding.
	The teacher wrote the topic would be discussed on the board. The topic was  “ the (traffic)  sign”. The teacher stated the objective  of the learning at that time  that was   knowing the sign that we found in our daily life. The  teacher asked  the students what they knew about the topic, and directed them  to the topic by question and answer. The teacher also told the  benefit of the topic.	Students responded the teacher’s question. T: do you know what is it? S1: gambar… S2: sign up ..Pak…fb..fb.. S3: lambang..
B. Main Activities	The teacher  drew some pictures describing the traffic sign. He gave an example of traffic sign dealing with the students’ prior knowledge. T : Ok, It’s straight.       motorcycle     T : kalau ada  sign gini. what’s  the meaning of this sign? S1 : Ferbodden T ; ferbodden itu artinya apa? C : dilarang masuk. T : nggak boleh masuk. Itu artinya kita  nggak boleh masuk jalan itu…kan? C : jadi harus belok. T : what will happen if you didn’t know the meaning of the sign. Apa yang akan terjadi jika kamu nggak tahu arti dari tanda tersebut? C : tabrakan ..cilaka..palaur… T : ini kan satu arah …kan .motor beca, karetek.truk  lewat sini..suddenly you are from here using motorcycle ..get in the street ..and… (crashed)you may get an accident here.   Note : T – teacher; C : class ; S -student	The students responded the teacher’s question.
	The teacher asked the students to look up chapter six, and  he  encouraged the students to know the meaning of the title and the learning outcome.	The students opened their textbooks on the required page.
	The  teacher asked one of the students to read  aloud the introduction remark of the chapter. We see  a lot of  traffic signs  along the way  we pass.The  traffic  signs  will help  drivers run their  cars or  motorcycles  orderly. Later, we can get  to our destination safely.	A student called ‘ Iman’ read the text.
	The teacher corrected  the wrong pronunciation directly. And he gave an example by re-read the text loudly.	The students listened to the teacher.
	The teacher asked another student to re-read once more.	A student called ‘ Kamal’ re-read the text loudly.
	The teacher then  translated the text together with the students.	The students along with the teacher translated the text.
	The  teacher dictated  the sentences showing the meaning of some signs and symbols based on the pictures on the section 1. 1.       Don’t Turn around 2.       Don’t  park 3.       No smoking 4.       Turn left 5.       Don’t enter the road 6.       Don’t blow the horn 7.       Be careful! Or  don’t drive so fast! 8.       Turn right 9.       Don’t touch anything 10.    Don’t take photograph.	The students wrote the sentences being dictated.
	The teacher asked  some students to write the answers on the board.	Some students who were called by the teacher came forward and wrote the answers on the board.
	The teacher along with the students  discussed the right answers.	The students along with the teacher discussed the right answers.
	While the teacher was checking the previous homework, the students were asked to translate the meaning of the sentences. The teacher  called the students three by three according to  the attendance list and checked  the previous homework and gave  the scores on the note.	The students translated  the meaning of the sentences.   The students come forward  with their note book.
	The teacher walked around,  checking the students’ work on the exercise after checking the homework.	Some students were checked, some wrote the exercise.
	The teacher and the students discussed the answers altogether. 1.       Don’t Turn around …dilarang memutar 2.       Don’t  park ….dilarang parkir 3.       No smoking….jangan merokok 4.       Turn left….belok kiri 5.       Don’t enter the road…jangan masuk jalan ini …dilarang masuk jalur ini.. 6.       Don’t blow the horn.. blow itu biasanya  meniup ..jadi dilarang membunyikan klakson 7.       Be careful! Or  don’t drive so fast!....hati-hati .atau jangan mengendarai terlalu cepat. 8.       Turn right…… belok kanan 9.       Don’t touch anything….jangan sentuh apapun 10.    Don’t take photograph…jangan mengambil foto atau dilarang memotret.	The teacher and the students discussed the answers altogether.
	The teacher then underlined some words  and give a circle  of some words. 1.       Don’t Turn around 2.       Don’t  park 3.       No smoking 4.       Turn left 5.       Don’t enter the road 6.       Don’t blow the horn 7.       Be careful! Or  don’t drive so fast! 8.       Turn right 9.       Don’t touch anything 10.    Don’t take photograph. The teacher further explained about command and prohibition T : Berdasarkan  analisis ini, yang digaris bawahi ini  disebutnya …prohibition  atau  artinya larangan. Yang dilingkari (here : italic)   …perintah atau command There are two patterns : 1.       Prohibition ( larangan) 2.       Command  (perintah 1.       Prohibition atau larangan larangan bisa pakai dua  : a.       No +  Gerund Gerund  itu Verb 1 + ing Misalnya  : smoke + ing = smoking ..jadi no smoking. No singing. No laughing..pokoknya  yang pake ..ing..ing dech. b.       Bisa juga pake  ‘Don’t”…+ Verb 1 Pake verb 1  ..nggak  pake ing! Misalnya “ don’t  try at home …don’t cry to me…don’t turn left Kemudian yang kedua 2.       Command (perintah) a.       Be + adj Yang pakai be ..be patient! Bersabarlah …be careful!  Berhati-hatilah… b.       Sebagai Kata kerja  langsung Turn right ..belok kanan! Turn left ..belok kiri	The students paid attention.
	The teacher asked the students to make  two sentences consisting of  command and prohibition. As many students got many problems in completing the exercise, the teacher   asked the students to do the exercise on the textbook first (page 134,Act 2).	The  students did the exercise. The  students continued doing the exercise from the text book.
	The  teacher  walked around checking the students’ work and  giving some direction for some students who got  problems.	Some students still ask the question. Some were answering the exercise.
	The teacher checked  the students’ work by calling their names, and gave a score on it.The teacher  checked from  the attendance list  to make  sure that all the students had submitted  the exercise.	the  students submitted their work  to their teacher in front of the class as the teacher call their names. They   showed their work three by three  to the teacher and he gave the score on it.
	The teacher asked the students to do the exercise on page 135-136, the task  was matching  the symbols  with  the  meanings. The teacher gave certain directions first before the students did the exercise.	The students were doing  the exercise  while the teacher was checking  the rest of the students who had not finished the previous work. All the students had to do the  exercise.
	The teacher discussed the answers along with the students.	The students discussed the answers along with the teacher.
C. Closing	The teacher gave  homework for next meeting and gave explanation on it.	Some students asked some questions dealing with the homework.
	Greeting.	Greeting.
Conclusion	The  teacher evaluated the students mostly  in form of written exercises besides reading aloud, and participation in answering the teacher’ question. The teacher discussed the answers of the exercises with all students in the class, not individually tested. The teacher also motivated the students to speak in form of delivering questions to the students on the topic being discussed. The  class was calm, and the interaction between the teacher-the students were good enough. The teacher  gave  homework to the students as the  follow –up activity.