TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONS USED IN TEACHING ENGLISH
FOR
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED STUDENTS
Lesti Hapsari
Abstract
The government stated clearly that student with special need, in this study is intellectually disabled students should get the same right of education. However they have a different level of intelligence that make intellectually disabled students should get a special education from school. Since those intellectually disabled students need different treatment and may get different instruction from the teacher. This study conducted to find out the types of instructions frequently used by the teacher in teaching and learning process especially in teaching English for Intellectually disabled students at SLB Wantu Wirawan. The participant of the study is an English teacher at SLB Wantu Wirawan, Salatiga. The data were collected using a nonparticipant observation and interview questions. The study revealed that the teacher used three types of instructions such as direct instructions, interactive instruction, and independent instruction. The result showed that direct instructions is the most often used in teaching and learning process.
