A Descriptive Study On The Teaching Methods Applied By The On The Job Training Students In SMP Al Islam I Surakarta

This research paper is intended to describe the methods in teaching English applied by on the job-training students at the first year of SMP Al Islam 1 Surakarta. It is conducted to describe the methods applied by on the job-training and the problems faced by on the job-training students in teaching English. The writer gets the data of this research from Information, events, materials, syllabus, student teacher interactions, the process of teaching and learning, the materials, the text used, the notes taken by the students, and lesson plans. The methods of collecting data are observation, interview, and analyzing document.This research is descriptive qualitative which does not include any calculation or statistic procedure. The result of the analysis shows that the percentage skills of teaching English by on the job-training students are 16% of the teaching listening, 18% of the teaching speaking, 26% of the teaching writing, and 40% of the teaching reading. The methods applied by on the job-training students are Three-phase Techniques, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Presentation, Practice, and Production (PPP), and Total Physical Response (TPR).The problems faced by on the job-training students in teaching English are on the job-training students are less able to class conditioned, the students do not understand if they were explained by on the job-training students, because on the job-training students are less preparing of materials, on the job-training students are lacks of materials when they teach in front of the class, sometimes, on the job-training students do not use standard language, the media used by on the job-training students are not various, on the job-training students do not apply the indicators stated in lesson plan, and the methods applied by on the job-training students are less creative and innovative