ENGLISH TEACHING METHODS FOR STUDENTS WITH HEARING LOSS IN SMPLB ABCD KUNCUP MAS BANYUMAS

This research is aim to describe English teaching methods for students with hearing loss in SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas. English teaching methods are ways by the teacher to explain English materials for students. The appropriate methods in teaching will help the teacher in explaining the materials especially English materials easily. Although they do not help the students in English teaching fully, at least they can overcome and diminish students’ obstacles in teaching, especially in English teaching. This is descriptive qualitative research using observation, interview, and documentation as data collecting methods. The observation was done four times and was aim to know the practice of English teaching methods for students with hearing loss. Interviews were done to the subjects of this study i.e. Mr. Tjatur Budi Pranowo as the headmaster of SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas, Mrs. Giska Rose as the English teacher of students with hearing loss, Mr. Nurochman as the Deputy Head of Curriculum in SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas and the students with hearing loss in 9th grade, they are Salam Sudarkim, Siti Nur Sa’adah, Syahrani Abilia, and William Wibi Laksono. Meanwhile, the object in this study was the English teaching methods for students with hearing loss in SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas. Besides, documentation was done to know English teaching methods for students with hearing loss in SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas then to find out the implementation of methods in English teaching and the impacts of English teaching methods for students with hearing loss. This research found that there were five English teaching methods for the students with hearing loss in SMPLB ABCD Kuncup Mas Banyumas. In reading skills, the teacher used five of English teaching methods they are manual, oral, the total communication, questioning-answering, and assignment methods. In the implementation, the teacher more often used total communication method and questioning-answering method. In writing skill, the teacher used four of English teaching methods they are manual, total communication, questioning-answering, and assignment methods. In the implementation, the teacher more often used the total communication method and the assignment method