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THE MANAGEMENT OF IMMERSION CLASS OF TEACHING AND
LEARNING IN STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 PURWOREJO
MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATION
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Master Degree of Education
in Educational Management Department
By
Winestri Puji Swetika Q 100 100 239
GRADUATE PROGRAM
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THE MANAGEMENT OF IMMERSION CLASS OF TEACHING AND
LEARNING IN STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 PURWOREJO
HAS BEEN APPROVED BY:
Consultant I Consultant II
Prof. Dr. Sutama, M.Pd Dr.Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, S.Pd, M.Ed.
GRADUATE PROGRAM
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THE MANAGEMENT OF IMMERSION CLASS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN “TATE JUNIO‘ HIGH “CHOOL 4 PU‘WO‘EJO .
Winestri Puji Swetika1, Sutama2, Dewi Candraningrum3, 1Teacher of State Junior High School 5 Purworejo,2,3 Lecturer Staff of Muhammadiyah University
of Surakarta
Abstract
The objectives of the research are: ( 1 )To describe the characteristics of the immersion class teaching and learning process in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo. ( 2 )To describe the characteristics of the usage of the immersion class teaching and learning media in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo. ( 3 )to describe the characteristics of the evaluation of immersion class teaching and learning outcomes in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo. The research applied qualitative approach. Sources for the research are : the headmaster, the headmaster assistant for curricula, and teachers in the Immersion School. Technique of data collection in the analyses are interviews, observations, and documentations. Data analyses were made through the successive ways: analyzing data, setting them, categorizing them into the manageable units, synthesizing them, finding their patterns, and finding the meaningful parts to be filtered systematically. The results of this study are ( 1 ) Teaching and Learning Process in Immersion Class in Junior High School 4 Purworejo suited with process standard, they are the starting activity, the core activity, and the final activity. ( 2 ) The use of immersion class teaching and learning media in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is done by using many kinds of media, they are LCD computer, lap top, tape recorder. ( 3) The evaluation of immersion class teaching and learning outcomes in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo comprises: regular review test, mid-term test, and final exam.
Key words: process, media, evaluation, management of immersion class.
A. Introduction
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immersion class. It is in accordance with Undang-Undang No. 20 tahun 2003 pasal 50 ayat 3 which commands the government and/or local government to administer at least one educational unit for all education degrees to be expanded into an international class educational unit. In this case, international school can start from the immersion class.
To achieve the effective learning, there are lea i g out o e a hie e e t ke s that a e p oposed Catt, Do ald & Ke 7, a essed o February 14th 2012) as ACTION, which comprises alert, challenge, trust, interest, open, dan need. Alert is concluding and clarifying the senses between the teachers and the students. Challenge means motivating the students to study. Trust means building the mutual belief between the teachers and the students. Interest means showing that the teacher likes the class that he/she teaches and the students. Open means receptive on the communication method to attract the students. Need means that the teachers help the students make assessment about the importance of learning.
State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is one of the schools in Kabupaten Purworejo which holds i e sio lass. Its isio is alled CANTIK Ce das, Santun, Takwa, ber-Ilmu, dan Kompetitif—intelligent, well mannered, pious, knowledgeable, and competitive). While the mission of State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is to create education that will produce the intelligent, skilled, faithful, pious, well-mannered, and having-competitive-strength alumni, realize the high-quality, efficient, discipline, and relevant education, to realize the fair and evenly distributed one, and to create the transparent, accountable, participatory, and effective educational system.
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mother tongue. In this case, the students are forced to enter the second language atmosphere on the learning time and the second language class in the learning process. The second language is not only functioned as teaching materials, but also as the language teaching and languge acquisition tools (Yuqin Luan & Xiuzhen Guo 2011, accessed on February 17th 2012).
The implementation of the immersion classes in Jawa Tengah constitutes the results of the comparative study of Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Jawa Tengah Queensland state, Australia during July to August 2002. In the study, the Jawa Tengah delegations visited Park Ridge State High School and e e e i p essed o its stude ts I do esia la guage a ilities who take Indonesian immersion class who are enrolling the learning process in Indonesian (Anonim, 2008:7).
Based on the backgrounds above, the focus of the research is immersion class teaching and learning management in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo. The focus will be outlined into three subfocuses: (1) The characteristics of the immersion class teaching and learning process in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo, (2)The characteristics of the use of immersion class taeching and learning media in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo, (3) The characteristics of the evaluation of immersion class teaching and learning outcomes in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo.
5 B. Research Method
The research applied the qualitative approach. I applied the qualitative approach as it can reveal the data deeply and find the intention behind an incident. In qualitative approach, immersion class management can be obseved in normal situation through interviews, observations, and self-integration to the research objects. The research will describe and analyze the occurrences in the field carefully, particularly the things concerned with immersion class management in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo.
The research was carried out in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo from March 2012 to July 2012. The reseacher visited the location for the research as intruments and data collector at once. The researcher played a part as participants observer. The main data resources in the qualitative research are the words said and the actions taken, the rests are the additional ones such as documents. Sources for the research are : The headmaster of State Junior High School 4 Purworejo, the headmaster Assistant for Curricula who provided information about the currricula of the school and the immersion class, and teachers in the Immersion School.
6 C. Discussion
1. Characteristics of Learning Process in Immersion Class
In the study on the learning management in Immersion class in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo there are findings that Immersion class learning management in the learning process has worked well. The teaching-learning process consists of preparation, implementation, and finishing. The preparation or planning comprises composing teaching programs, implementing them by delivering the materials in English, and ending the lessons. In addition, the teacher prepare the ways to teach in English so the high-quality teachers in Immersion class are needed.
There are similarities between the results of this study and the research ade Lua , Yu i i a jou al e titled A stud o the Appli ation of the I e sio Tea hi g Model to EFL Lea e s i I stutio s of Highe Lea i g ,
which show that the teaching-learning in Immersion class requires preparations such as the curricula arrangement, the learning model, and the quality of the teachers. The Immersion class learning makes the students have higher self-confidence, the students become more optimistic in the learning process.
Dissimilar to what was stated by Merril Swain dan Sharon Lapkin in their jou al e titled The e ol i g so iopoliti al context of immersion education in Ca ada: “o e i pli atio s fo de elop e t , that the tea he s still ha e less
responsibilities as the involvement of the headmaster is still dominant. It was also found that the students who just entered the immersion class had the equal ability in Mathematics to the regular class students after they had taken Mathe ati s test. It has also ee fou d that i I e sio lass the stude ts
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2. Characteristics of teaching media usage in immersion class
The study on the teaching media usage in Immersion class in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo shows that the teachers who teach the Immersion class students use the teaching media such as LCD projector, laptop, and those that they create. The Natural Science teacher uses the learning media available in laboratory. The learning media are expected to help the students understand the lesson materials well. The learning media are not only used by the teachers but also by the student. So, the students do not only watch them, but also use them.
The study has similarity with the study made by Akcan, Umru in a journal e titled Tea hi g Methodolog i a First-G ade I e sio Class , that sho s that to help the students understand the lesson materials well, the teachers should use the learning media such as poster, images, calendar, and carta. The carta is in form of numbers pasted on the wall and it has function to help the students make calculation. The teachers also use cubes, that is sticked on the wall in order to help students to count. The teachers also use carton, the animal statue, or the plants.
It is diffe e t f o De o ah Pal e s stud i a jou al e titled a Dual
Immersion Strand Programme in California : Carrying Out The Promise of Dual Languange Education in an English-do i a t Co te t , hi h sho s that the main goal of the Immersion class realization is the ability to communicate in L2 and that it is not focused on the Mathematics and Science like concept of the immersion class implemented in Indonesia, so in her study she did not tell anything on the media used.
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goods, and the students speak English through the goods bought. In addition, the learning process use the laboratory and audio visual media.
3. Characteristics of the immersion class learning output evaluation in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo.
The study on evaluation of learning output in Immersion class in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo shows that the evaluation is consistent with the evaluation carried out in the regular class, they are regular review test, mid-term test, and final exam. The assessment covers the cognitive, affective, and psychomotoric aspects. The evaluation is done twice, i.e. in English and in Indonesian. The type of the questions composed are multiple-choice questions and essay. The achievement of learning process and output of the students in Immersion class is higher than that the achievement of the regular class students.
It has similarity with the study carried out by Cummins in a journal e titled Bili gual Child e s Mothe To gue: Wh is it i po ta t fo edu atio ? , hi h sho s that the output of the lea i g i I e sio lass has positi e i pa t o the stude ts lea i g p og ess. The stud also sho s that the
immersion class makes the students think more flexibly to proceed information using English. He also revealed that the students of the immersion class have higher achievement than the students of regular class. The evaluation undertaken tends to emphasize on the psychomotoric aspect, i.e. how the students apply English.
Similarly, the research undertaken by Deborah Palmer in a journal e titled A dual I e sio “t a d P og a e i Califo ia : Ca i g Out the
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teacher does not try hard to encourage the students to speak, as the discussion has run well and he/she assesses them during the discussion.
“i ila l , the esea h ade Lua , Yu i , i a jou al e titled A stud on the Application of the Immersion Teaching Model to EFL Learners in I stitutio s of Highe Lea i g , des i es that the i e sio lass stude ts a hie e e t is highe tha the egula lass o es . Afte lea i g fo a ea i immersion class, their achievement rises sharply. Through immersion class learning model, their language skill, mainly in practice, shows an extraordinary achievement. Luan, Yuqin also said that the evaluation was not only targeted on the students but also on the teachers who teach in immersion class, in order to improve their abilities to teach in immersion class. The teachers are expected to make the students interested in the learning process in the immersion class, so their achievement will get higher and higher.
D. Model of Immersion Class Teaching and Learning in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo
Model of the learning process in Immersion Class applied in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is the good preparation for teaching, from the annual programs, semester program, and lesson plan. The learning process includes the beginning activity started with apperception, the teacher asks the students some questions in English and the students answer those questions. During the learning process, the teachers of specific classes in Immersion Class speak English although unwell. In the learning processs, the learning process is focused on the students. In the end of the learning process, the teacher finishes it by giving feedbacks to the students, and then he gives them assignment or homework.
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Model of Immersion Class learning media usage in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is avaliable in any form of visual media, that is, the media which can be seen by the students such as charts, diagrams, charts, charts, posters, cartoons, comics, and audio media,that is the media that can be heard by the students, for example radios, tape recorders, language laboratories. The other media is audio visual media that can be seen and heard, such as film, television, video (VCD, DVD, VTR), computers, and the like. Other learning media is silent projector, such as slides; over head projector (OHP). Some of those media, are used together and called multi media.
Model of evaluation in immersion class in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo is an evaluation in the form of daily tests with different types of problems, midterm test, and a final semester test. Daily tests include one or more of the basic competencies. In designing the test questions daily, immersion grade teacher at State Junior High School 4 Purworejo using a variety of question types, including multiple choice questions, and a complete description. Another Model evaluation of learning in State Junior High school 4 Purworejo is giving homework or assignments to students. Homework is given with the intention of students to enrich their competence about the material provided by the teacher, so it will be more in-depth competency achievement. The method applied is learning by doing. Method of learning by doing is a method that is given to individuals or students and groups that encourage students to learn and do what is learned (practice that has been studied) both inside and outside the classroom and outside of school hours.
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the affective and psychomotoric aspects. The assessment of the affective aspect is made through observation. While the assessment on the psychomotoric aspects is made when the students practice the lesson materials delivered by their teacher.
E. Closing
Characteristics of Immersion Class Learning Process in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo are in respect of the learning process included in the process standards. Among the learning processes are composing learning arrangements including the annual program, syllabus, Learning-Teaching Implementation Plan. Based on those programs, the teacher undertakes the learning-teaching activity consisting of the introductional activity, core activity, and final activity. During the introductional activity, the teacher applies apperception by asking the students questions in English about the lesson material which will be delivered. Then in the core activity there are exploration, elaboration, and confirmation. In final activity, the teacher makes conclusions about the lesson materials, gives feedback, and gives homework.
Characteristics of teaching media usage in State Junior High School 4 Purworejo are that the teacher uses th-e teaching media such as LCD projector, laptop, tape recorder, and the instruments in language laboratory. The teacher also uses the teaching media he composed himself. In the usage of the media, he also involves the students, which means that the students do not only watch those media but also use them. For instance, the teacher asks one of the students to make a presentation using the LCD Projector. The teaching media are used by the teacher in expectation of i p o i g the stude ts u de sta di g o the lesson materials.
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a ade i a hie e e t of the i e sio lass stude ts is ette tha the egula lass o es. O e of its auses is the a ade i sele tion to enter the immersion class.
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