Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Konteks

[Contextual Teaching and Learning of English]

 

 

Mohammad Adnan Latief

 

 

The teaching of English (as well as the education as a whole) in Indonesia has been considered ineffective. A radical revolutionary change in the educational paradigm has to be done from the Behavioristic to Constructivistic (Contextual) paradigm. The Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) in English is similar to Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). CTL applies 7 principles: constructivistic, questioning, inquiry, learning community, modelling, authentic assessment, and reflection. The change in English education paradigm has been started by training English teacher trainers from 6 provinces in Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sulawesi (Celebes) through Overseas Fellowship for Teacher Training and Material Development Program, which lasted for three months (two months in Indonesia and one month in Seattle, USA). The training emphasizes the development of the trainees’ knowledge on CTL principles, skill in creating teaching and learning activities in English classrooms and in developing materials based on CTL principles. The development of new curriculum for English for Junior High School is also oriented toward CTL principles.

 

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Latief, M. A. (2002). Pembelajaran bahasa Inggris berbasis konteks [Contextual teaching and learning of English], Bahasa dan Seni [Language and Art], 30(2), 248-262.

 

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