Apprenticeship Report At Dwisakti Elementary School.

LESSON PLAN

Level of grade

: 4

th

grade Dwisakti Elementary School

Level of age

: 9-10 years old

Kind of language skills : Vocabulary

Topic : Introduction of “Greetings & Farewell”

Objective :

•

Student will be able to perform vocabulary about Greetings &

Farewell in a short conversation every day

Reference: Widjayajanarti, Sumarlinah dan Ernawaty Florentina, English

for Elementary School of 4

th

Grade, Jakarta: PT Grasindo, 2003.

Equipment : chalk, textbook

Techniques

Appetizer : Teacher greets the students and explain about the lesson and

topic they learn in that day ( 2 minutes).

Main course :

•

Teacher reads a dialogue to the students and teaches them

how to pronounce it well and the students repeat what the teacher

says (13 minutes)

•

Teacher reads and translates expressions and vocabularies

about Greetings & Farewell, then asks the students to repeat the

words (15 minutes)

•

Teacher gives exercises to fill in the blanks with correct

words to the students and check it (10 minutes)

Dessert :

•

Teacher asks the students to practice a dialogue in pairs

after understanding the lesson in front of the class (10 minutes)

Vo c a b ula ry

Liste n a nd re pe a t a fte r yo ur te a c he r!

(Te a c he r c a n g ive dic ta tio n fro m the vo c a b ula ry ) “ G REETING S “

g o o d

mo rning

wo rd s

g o o d

a fte rno o n

the se

g o o d

e ve ning

fa the r

ho w

a re

yo u?

mo the r

To d a y

c hild re n

Ve ry we ll

ma d a m

Fine

miss

Tha nk yo u

i

Ple a se

yo u

C o me

in

we

Sit d o wn

me e ting

Nic e to se e yo u

a t ho me

Why a re yo u la te ?

At sc ho o l

Writing

ta sk

a nd

Twic e

I a m

Thre e time s

yo u a re

Ma ke

we a re

Se nte nc e s

write

Unc le

g re e ting

The re is a me e ting

a fte r sc ho o l

Liste n a nd re pe a t a fte r yo ur te a c he r!

(Te a c he r c a n g ive dic ta tio n fro m the vo c a b ula ry ) “ FAREWELL “

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the

ro a d

G o o d

luc k

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G o o d

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five time s

I do the apprenticeship programme as assistant teacher at Dwisakti

Elementary School because I love children and I want to be a teacher. Moreover,

I would like to apply what I have learnt in the D-III English Programme in teaching

and I would like to have a new experience in education field, especially in

teaching English to elementary school children.

Dwisakti Elementary School was established on 7 Januari 1972 and is

located at Jl. Laksmud Nurtanio no.58 Bandung. At first, there were just three

classes and 16 pupils. In 2000, Dwisakti Elementary School got a Private

Accreditation. In 2006 – 2007, there were 453 pupils studying in thirteen

classrooms with the present headmaster Mrs. Angela.

The requirements for applicants to be assistant teachers at Dwisakti

Elementary School are : have educational background minimum D-III graduates,

love children, disciplined. The applicants will teach English in a bilingual system,

so they are expected to have good English and Indonesian both spoken and

written.They have a freedom for selecting topics based on their own so they must

have a high creativity in making lesson plans.

I teach English to 4th grade students for 80 minutes every Thursday from

27 July 2006 until 7 September 2006. On the first week, I observe how the

English teacher teaches them so that I know how she teaches the lesson,

communicates with the students, and how the students respond to the teacher.

After I know the situation of the English teaching and learning process in the

class, I start to prepare lesson plans and materials needed for the next meeting.

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In the class, before the lesson starts the students are given a clear

instruction for each exercise. It makes the students pay attention when the

material is being discussed in the class. Then, I explain all of the materials, write

notes and exercises from the handout on the blackboard, translate vocabularies

for the students, give exercises and check the students’ answers. When there is

still time at the end of the lesson, I explain the material of that day once again to

students who have not understood yet. During the lesson, I use both Indonesian

and English. Indonesian is used to assist students who have difficulty in

understanding the lesson in English.

These are the work domination :

• Explaining all of the materials

• Writing notes and exercises on the blackboard • Checking students’ answers

• Creating review of the lesson with students

I find difficulties in managing some students who often disturb the class by

chatting loudly with their friends when I am teaching and in making the students

respond the lesson actively. Besides, I often pronounce English words incorrectly

that causes the students to repeat those words incorrectly too.

During the apprenticeship, speaking is the English skill that I use the

most. I use it for expressing greetings in the class, explaining the lesson,

answering all the questions from the students, spelling and pronouncing the

English words. I use listening skill for receiving questions from the students and

checking the students’ pronunciation in repeating and reading text. I use writing

skill for making lesson plans, and reading for studying the materials and checking

the students’ answers.

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The subject from D–III English Programme which are useful in doing the

job are Speech in action which I use in speaking and pronouncing the English

words. I also use the grammar patterns that I get from Structure for

High-Beginning Levels class to teach the students the basic patterns of English

grammar. I apply the ways of teaching the students from Teaching English to

Young Learners class which is important to make me able to use communicative

approach and to make an interactive communication with the students.

Technique for TEFL class gives me various techniques that I use in the class to

make the students be more enthusiastic in their study.

Based on my supervisor’s evaluation in doing the apprenticeship, I have

strength and weakness. I have strength in reading because I can comprehend a

passage effectively. I also have no difficulties in understanding daily

vocabularies. However, I have a weakness in managing some students and

pronouncing.

I conclude that the apprenticeship programme that I have just finished is

very useful for me. I have to check the English pronouncing dictionary before the

lesson, and I have to pronounce some words repeatedly. Accordingly, I get some

improvement in pronunciation. My speaking is also improved because I get used

to speaking English in the class. I get the skills and experience of teaching young

learners that will be beneficial when I enter the working field.

I would like to suggest for the teachers at Dwisakti Elementary School to

insert games or storytelling in the lesson plan to make the lesson more

interesting, and it will be better if the teacher speaks English more in class.

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Moreover, it is better for Dwisakti Elementary School to complete their facilities

with a language laboratory and a library which provides books, cassettes, movies

and educational toys. These facilities would make learning English easier and

more interesting for kids. For D-III English Programme, I also suggest to provide

more apprenticeship places in order that the students will have more choices in

doing the apprenticeship.

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