A STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN ENGLISH CLASS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 12 GKB GRESIK

Nowadays, Indonesia is implementing the recent curriculum, namely curriculum 2013. One of its components is Scientific Approach that has some steps; Observing, Questioning, Experimenting, Associating and Communicating. This research is aimed at observing the implementation of scientific approach in English class and interviewing the students’ responses. This research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 12 as the school which became the pilot project for private schools in Gresik. This research used Descriptive Qualitative Phenomenological design with three tools of instruments; Documentation, Observation and Interview. The data was recorded and was reported in the form of description. The result showed the typical model of SA’s implementation. The teacher did some combinations and changes that made the order of scientific approach designed by the government were revised. The pattern had been changed to be Observing combined with Questioning, Associating combined with Experimenting, and Communicating. In addition, there were some positive responses of students in terms of student’s feelings, the material, class activity and teacher’s role. Moreover, while in the discussion, the data showed some contradictory conditions within the idea of government and the data of observation. It was related to the final step which was designed for junior high level and the changing order of scientific approach. The researcher believes the result of this research will bring significant contribution for further implementation of scientific approach in curriculum 2013