TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING
ENGLISH IN SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Lee SangHun
Abstract
This study is aimed to find out about teachers’ perception on the difficulties in teaching English in Satya Wacana Christian Junior High school. Two participants from SMP who taught English more than 7 years were chosen purposively. The participants were interviewed twice, one by one with ten interview questions to collect the data. Semi-structured interview was used to draw out the information. This study used descriptive method since the data and the result of this study was in a descriptive form. The results of the study were discussed in two categories. The findings show that those teachers sometimes have difficulties in teaching English. Teacher’s strategies toward those difficulties based on their experiences are identified for those teaching difficulties in SMP. Moreover, understanding each student’s different background knowledge of English and motivating students strategies were emphasized by teachers from SMP.
