By: Syariful Muttaqin.
The teaching of English in the English Department of Brawijaya University has been continuously evaluated and redesigned in order to meet the increasing demand of the learned language in the modern world. Some improvements have been undertaken in the area of skill-course teaching. This is due to the belief that the stronger the students have acquired the basic language skills, the easier they will develop their language competence in the following semesters. The Intensive Course Program which integrates the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, and writing) has been implemented to cope with the current situation for the freshmen of the English Department of Brawijaya University. The obstacles and problems in learning a language including the lack of practice, the minimum time of exposures, and the tightly scheduled teaching-learning process leading into boredom encountered inside and outside the classroom were taken into account to take some necessary actions to empower the existing resources. A tutorial program supervised by the senior students and a performance class run by the teachers were implemented in the attempt to solve the encountered language problems.
This paper is aimed to describe the implementation of Tutorial Program and Performance Class in the Intensive Course Program for the freshmen of the English Department of Brawijaya University in the academic year of 2004/2005. The freshmen are divided into two programs, Strata 1 and Diploma III.
The tutorial was implemented four times a week accompanying the regular classes. The program was designed for enrichment and remedial in which the activities varied in accordance with the lessons scheduled in the handbook, such as group discussions, role-plays, song appreciation, games, and independent study. All these activities were supervised by the senior students. In addition, Performance class was devoted to give students more opportunities to apply the language skills learned in more “real-life” situation during the ongoing programs. At the end of the intensive course program, the students were assigned to perform drama in groups based on the classes. The performance was really an opportunity to apply what they had previously learned. Besides, it was entertaining. Despite the fact above, there are still some rooms for improvement.
This paper is aimed to describe the implementation of Tutorial Program and Performance Class in the Intensive Course Program for the freshmen of the English Department of Brawijaya University in the academic year of 2004/2005. The freshmen are divided into two programs, Strata 1 and Diploma III.
The tutorial was implemented four times a week accompanying the regular classes. The program was designed for enrichment and remedial in which the activities varied in accordance with the lessons scheduled in the handbook, such as group discussions, role-plays, song appreciation, games, and independent study. All these activities were supervised by the senior students. In addition, Performance class was devoted to give students more opportunities to apply the language skills learned in more “real-life” situation during the ongoing programs. At the end of the intensive course program, the students were assigned to perform drama in groups based on the classes. The performance was really an opportunity to apply what they had previously learned. Besides, it was entertaining. Despite the fact above, there are still some rooms for improvement.
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