The Teaching of English Using Kampoenk Jenius Method in 6 Minggu Bisa Program: A Case Study in Sang Bintang School Malang

ABSTRAK Key words: Kampoenk Jenius, 6 Minggu Bisa program, the teaching of English In the era of globalization, English obviously has a prominent role as an international communication language. It requires people to master English. Mastering English involves mainly developing the basic competence of English that is listening, speaking, reading and writing Realizing the importance of English, the government of Indonesia establishes English as a compulsory subject to be taught at schools in Indonesia. Since it was first taught, there have been problems in the teaching of English as a foreign language. Students face difficulties in learning English. One of the ways that language learners can do to overcome this issue is by taking informal courses of English. One of the English courses in Malang is Sang Bintang School. It has many kinds of program which include “6 Minggu Bisa”. It is a program for anyone whose age is 15 years or above. “6 Minggu Bisa” aims at developing the students’ mastery of the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing, 16 tenses, and 1000 vocabulary in six weeks. It applies a method called “Kampoenk Jenius”. It is a combination of some teaching methods which are expected to make students enjoy the learning process. This research aimed to investigate the meaning of Kampoenk Jenius method, the objective and syllabus of 6 Minggu Bisa Bahasa Inggris program, kind of teaching and learning activities employed, materials used in the teaching process, and evaluation administration. This research used a descriptive qualitative design. The researcher used a natural setting: one class with two instructors in Sang Bintang School Malang as the source of data and the researcher herself as the key instrument. The data collected is in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Generally, the results of this research shows that the teaching and learning activities ran well as indicated by the observations. This research finds out some points of teaching and learning activities of 6 Minggu Bisa such as Kampoenk Jenius is just a name of method without applying any new techniques in the teaching of Englishs, the objectives of the 6 Minggu Bisa program are students are expected to master the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing, 16 tenses, and 1000 vocabulary. There was a lesson objective of this program but it was not written and explained detail for each skill. The materials and learning activities carried out involves questions and answers, pictures slides shows, songs, games, group discussion, and journal writing. To reinforce the understanding of the materials, the students also write what they have learned on their “My Self Book”. There are two kinds of test administered in 6 Minggu Bisa program that is formative test and summative test. Finally, it is strongly suggested that the instructors should have clear objectives and use lesson plans as a guide in teaching and learning process, develop vocabulary content which cater the students’ needs, use more various activities and materials in the teaching and learning processes, create learning activities that are coherent, and involve repetition of vocabulary input and maximum practice of using the vocabulary in context