ENGLISH LEARNING

ENGLISH LEARNING
English is the international language. Most of people in the world use English. In Indonesia, it is foreign language and many people study about it. They are study English because it is very important to get job. Nowadays, people will be accepted in their job if they can speak English.
Most of university in Indonesia and enementary school until senior high school has an English subject in their learning. In English learning process, it is not easy because people who teach English must abel to make the student interest with English.
Teacher must abel to makes the student enjoy and interest because it is can make student more easy to understand anything about English. In this way, there are some techniques and principles in language teaching.

a. DESUGGESTOPEDIA
Desugestopedia is the one of teaching method, mostly in foreign language learning. In this method, the teacher more active to gives explanation and example and the student follow the teacher.

1. Characteristics
• A desuggestopedic course is conducted in a classroom
• The media are poster, music and short dialogue
• Poster changes every few weeks
• Translation
2. Learners and teachers roles
• The teachers is the authority in the classroom
• The student can feel more secure and they can be more spontaneous and less inhibited
3. Advantages
• We can learn to trust the power of the mind
• We also learn that induced states of relaxation can be valuable at times in the classroom.
• We can also get benefit from the use of music
4. Disadvantages
• Wasting time
• The teacher must active to get new material

b. AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD
The audio lingual method was started in the 1940 as language training for world war II troops, who needed quick training for basic communication.

1. Types of learning techniques and activities :
• Dialog memorization
• Dictation
• Flashcard
• Some kinds of drills
• Use of minimal pairs
• The alphabet game
2. Learners and teachers roles
• The teacher
Directing and controlling the language behaviour of the students
Responsible for providing the student with a good model for immitation
• The student
Follow and respond the teacher’s directions
3. Goal
• Student be able to use the target language communicatively
4. Advantages
• Good pronounciation
• Hearing the language
• Conventient
5. Disadvantages
• Limited in subject matter
• Need additional written materials
• Boring and unsatisfying

c. DIRECT METHOD
Direct Method is a method of teaching a foreign language with minimal use of the student’s nativ language and of formal grammar. It is also called as natural method because it uses naturalistic principles of language learning.

1. Characteristics
• Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language
• Only everyday vocabularies and sentences were taught
• Oral communication skills
• Grammar was taught inductively
• New teaching point
• Concerete vocabulary
• Speech and listening
2. Advantages
• Good pronunciation
• Get more experience in speaking foreign language
• Trained to speak in foreign language well
3. Disadvantages
• Teaching and learning process will be passive if the teacher can not motivate the student to participate the class discussion
• It is hard to applied in Indonesia since several teachers are not expert in speaking English


d. COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING
Community Language Learning is an approach in which students work together to develope what aspects of a language they would like to learn.

1. Characteristics
• The student decide topics
• Teacher translates
• Teachers
• are clients
• Learning is inductive
2. Roles
• Tape recording
• Transcription
• Raflection on experience
• Reflective listening
3. Advantages
• Student interesting with it
• Student independence
• Student learn inductive techniques
• Non threatening
4. Disadvantages
• Time wasted
• Students have mix of languages



Sources : H. Douglas Brown (Principles of Language Learning and Teaching )
Richards, Jack C. And Theodore S. Rodgers (Approaches and Methods in language teaching)
Larsen, Diane and Freeman (Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching)