Implementing School Policy: Teachers’ Strategies in Improving Students Speaking Ability

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 4, 407 - 416, 01.10.2020

Hariratuz Zakiya Riyadi Santoso Joko Nurkamto

https://doi.org/10.24331/ijere.776291

Öz

The problem of learning language skills especially speaking still exists in many educational
institutions in Indonesia. For schools and English teachers, overcoming this problem becomes a huge
challenge because Indonesian learners still underestimate the capability of formal educations also
English teachers to educate them in the right way. This research will investigate the school's policy
and the teachers' strategies in improving students' speaking ability in a Bilingual High School in
Indonesia. The research questions to be are what the school policy is on improving students'
speaking ability, what the teachers' strategies are in implementing the school policy to improve
students' speaking ability. A case study is employed for this research. The data of this research is
taken from an in-depth interview with English teachers and school officials, observation, and
documentation. The techniques of data verification in this research are using triangulation technique
and member check. The purposes of this research are to show the positive teachers’ strategies in
implementing school policy in improving students’ speaking ability.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Teachers’ role, school policy, speaking ability, school policy, speaking ability

Kaynakça

• Arikunto, S. (2002). Prosedur penelitian suatu pendekatan praktik. Jakarta: PT. Rineka Cipta