A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN SECOND GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SLB A YAAT KLATEN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/2010

IkaWidyPrasetyaningsih.A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN SECOND GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SLB A YAAT KLATEN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/2010.Thesis, Surakarta : Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University, July 2011. The research was held at SLB A YAAT Klaten. It is located at Jln. AngsanaTrunuh, Klaten Selatan . SLB A YAAT is one of the schools in Klaten which has good education for visual impairment. The research carried on by taking a classroom setting of second grade of Junior High school. The research use the descriptive study. The aim of this research is to determine a descriptive study of the teaching learning process of English of children with visual impairment in SLB A YAAT Klaten, the Supportive factors in the process of the teaching and learning English to Children with visual impairment at SLB A YaatKlaten, and the problems faced by SLB A Yaat Klaten in the process of the teaching learning English. The teaching learning process of English class in SLB A YAAT usually consists of three steps, as follows: the preparation, application and evaluation. The first step is preparation. It usually includes the preparation of the lesson plan. She makes a preparation before teaching such as preparing a lesson plan. In the lesson plan , she states the instructional goal, material, the media and the method. The second step is application. There are two dimensions in this step; the classroom interaction and application of teaching- learning component (the goal, material, the method and the media). In this step, the teacher applies all of the teaching components which have been prepares before. From the observations which have been done, the teacher reviewes before she goes to the new topic. She goes to the new topic by stating the goals to the students. The teacher let the students know the reason why it is important for them to learn a certain concept. In presenting the materials, the teacher uses two languages. The teacher uses various teaching methods which activate the students. The teacher use presentation, questions and answers and discussion. Then, the teacher uses various instructional methods which are appropriate with the topic. The last step is evaluation. The evaluation is conducted in English that needs the skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading. There are some supportive factors in teaching and learning process in English class. It gets many supports from many people. The first is from the school. The school provides some facilities. The second is from the parents. They give moral support to their children. They help their children in their problem at the class. The third is from the teacher. The teacher has a good motivation in getting appropriate material. The teacher always gives spirit for the students. There are some problems faced by SLB A YAAT in teaching learning process English class. The first is the problems faced by the school. The problems faced by the school are about the financial problem which affects the lack of facilities. The second is the problems faced by the teacher. The problems faced by the teacher are about the English language, especially in vocabulary. The third is the problem faced by the students. As students who learned English, sometime they get some difficulties such as new vocabulary or spelling the word