TEACHING STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED BY THE TEACHER TO MEET THE STUDENT’S NEEDS AT THE BATIK AND TEXTILE DEPARTMENT

Abstract

This study is aimed at describing teaching strategies implemented by the English teacher of the 
Batik and Textile Crafts Department at SMKN 1 Lintau Buo to meet the students’ needs. There 
was one teacher as the respondent to this research because she is the only teacher who teaches 
English in this department. The data were collected through observation and interviews. After 
the data were collected, they were analyzed descriptively based on a descriptive-qualitative 
design. The results of this study demonstrated that the teacher employed a range of teaching 
strategies in her lessons. The English language instructions utilized were identical to those for 
general English, even though she was aware that teaching English in secondary vocational 
education should be considered teaching English for specific purposes. The course materials 
used for SMK are nearly identical to those used for general high school, and their contents are 
often insufficient for the demands of vocational students. This was the reason why the teacher 
used some strategies when teaching English. The teacher gave some attention to the needs of the 
students about specific English related to their major by adapting and modifying some materials 
from the internet and the other subject materials from the Batik and Textile Department, 
teaching English in a general to specific manner, and exploring students’ prior knowledge 
related to the materials.