How Junior High
School English Teachers in
Safnil
The purpose of the study was to find
out: (1) how the junior high school English teachers in Bengkuly
city exploited the commercially published textbooks for classroom use; (2) if
there was a difference in the way the experienced and the inexperienced English
language teachers exploited the commercially published textbooks in the
classroom; and (3) whether the teachers adapted textbooks or produced their own
materials for classroom use. Twelve English teachers (6 experienced and 6
inexperienced teachers) from four different junior high schools of SMPs (2 favourite and 2 non-favourite)
in Bengkulu city were the participants in this study.
Data were obtained through a questionnaire, classroom observations, and sample
lesson plans. The results of the study revealed that: first, the junior high
school English language teachers (ET and IT); (1) used the commercially
prescribed textbooks to a large extent; (2) there was not much different between
the way experienced teachers and inexperienced teachers exploited the
textbooks; (3) both group of teachers adapted the textbooks or produced their
own teaching materials.
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Safnil. (2003). How junior high school teachers in Bengkulu
city utilize published textbooks in the classroom: A classroom observation. TEFLIN
Journal, 14(2), 193-218.
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