Abstract
This article aims to discuss the problems faced by the ICT teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Semarang in using English as classroom language. The International Standard School project is a new education policy in Indonesia that was enacted with a main goal to prepare the students for global competition. This policy is both an effort to internationalize schools in Indonesia and a part of the national education decentralization reform. The title International Standard School, SBI in Bahasa, is given as an accreditation status to schools that have completed the required standards. This accredited status requires the school to carry out teaching and learning process all in English. This applies to all subjects including ICT. This article is based on the observation on the teaching and learning process in ICT class at SMP Negeri 2 Semarang as one of famous International Standard Schools in Semarang. The observation has resulted in general problems which is elaborated in the teaching documents four aspects of language mastery; fluency, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
Highlights
Based on the law No 20 year 2003 about the National Education System (SISDIKNAS), the government has an obligation to set up at least one International Standard School (SBI) in each level of education in each city or region
2) Fluency Redundant and clumsy fluency occurred as the teacher sometimes did not know how to use a certain expression in English and produced long sentences which were meaningless
Problems when using English as the classroom language faced by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Semarang were as follows:
Summary
Based on the law No 20 year 2003 about the National Education System (SISDIKNAS), the government has an obligation to set up at least one International Standard School (SBI) in each level of education in each city or region. One of the requirements for teachers in International Standard Schools is the English mastery. According to Directorate General of Dikdasmen (1997), teachers of SBI are supposed to be able to communicate in English (to read English books and references, to write learning materials, papers, modules in English, and to teach the subject matters in English). It has become unavoidable demand that teachers of SBI need to be able to teach in English. Realizing the need to equip their teachers with English mastery, all International Standard Schools oblige their teachers to take English courses. The schools ask lecturers of English Department of a university to set up English for Specific Purposes (ESP) program in teaching. Some schools send their teachers to professional English courses for several months. Some schools even provide some amount of allowance money to motivate the teachers
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