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Abstract
This research aims at investigating the implementation of teaching English
through KangGuru English magazine to junior high school students. In this research
the writer addressed a question: to what extent does KangGuru English magazine
influence the junior high school students English ability? To obtain the data, the
writer administered 20 questionnaires to 20 students. The respondents were selected
in a purposive sampling. To interpret the data, the writer employed qualitative design
which describes the data in percentage. The result showed that 10 percents of
respondents answered that KangGuru English magazine has an excellent role in
improving their English. While 70 percents of other respondents thought that
KangGuru English magazine has good role in improving their English ability, and 20
percents remaining argued that KangGuru English magazine has moderate role in
improving their English. Nevertheless, other strategies and kinds of other materials
are needed to improve the students English ability.
Key words: teaching English, KangGuru English magazine, junior high school
students
INTRODUCTION
English as foreign language in Indonesia now becomes a new trend at every
education seminars or events which involved all ages of students. English is learnt by
every student since school up to university level, even it is needed by every student
at postgraduate studies. To get success in learning English, it requires proper
techniques and materials. Those factors are also supported by other factors such as
the overall curricular plan, objective of the lesson, and the classroom management
(Brown, 1994, p. 136).
Learning a language such as English for young learners and adolescents needs
special activities and materials. The activities and materials which frequently engage
them include: game, music, discussions, stimulating pictures, dramatic stories, and
amusing anecdotes such as suggested by Harmer (2001, p. 25). To obtain those
materials both the teacher and the students are going to spend a lot of money. In
every remote area particularly in many areas in Indonesia, it will be the first obstacle
to get the interactive teaching and learning materials to assist the teacher teach and
train his students.
In this situation, every teacher is demanded to be creative and innovative to
seek the cheaper teaching aid or even the free teaching aid. In this case, Australian
government through the Australian minister for foreign affair cooperated with IALF
(Indonesia and Australia Language Foundation) and KangGuru Indonesia provided
free teaching materials for every language learner particularly an English teacher.
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Moderate
20%
Excellent
10%
Excellent
Good
Moderate
Good
70%
Discussion
With regard to the results of this study, it is very important to improve junior
high school students English ability through learning media. One of the media used
in this research is KangGuru English magazine. At first level of junior high school,
the students need interactive and exciting media. Therefore the use of KangGuru
English magazine can raise the students interest to learn English.
The result of the survey shows that the most of the students feel enthusiastic in
studying English through KangGuru English magazine, instead they are keen to learn
how to write letter in English to say thank you to Mr. Kevin R. Dalton as the project
manager of KGI.
Based on the research question addressed aforementioned: to what extent does
KangGuru English magazine influence the junior high school students English
ability? The writer can answer the question based on the result of the research that
ten percents of respondents answered that KangGuru English magazine can influence
excellently to the students English ability. While seventy percents of the
respondents answered that KangGuru English magazine influences well to their
English ability. And the rest twenty percents shows that KangGuru English magazine
influences moderately to the students English ability. In the other hands, the writer
can infer that KangGuru English magazine influences very well to junior high school
students English ability.
CONCLUSION
Based on the findings and discussions of this research, it reports that the most
of junior high school students think optimist that KangGuru English magazine can
make their English better. It is normal, because besides it is free of charge KangGuru
English magazine is also the English magazine published by the native speaker
coordinated by Australian government. KangGuru English magazine influence also
has several topics and segments, such as English for SMP students named the Joeys
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The Writer:
Yusuf Hidayat works as a lecturers assistant of English Education Program,
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Sciences, Galuh University, Ciamis. He
can be reached at: yusufhid@gmail.com.
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