THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN RSBI AT KEDIRI RESIDENCY

Abstract

Abstract:Ihternational standaxd school (SBI) is a new project in education that needs to be evaluated in order to get a better result in its development. One of the requirements of its implementation is the use of English for the medium of instruction in the SBI classes, especially to teach some subjects, science and mathematics. The problems arise when the schools do not have teachers who are ready to teach those subjects using English. Therefore, this research was conducted to answer the question: " How is the implementation of English as a medium of instruction in RSBI at Kediri Residency?"The research design is a survey since the researchers want to know the information happening and it covered large area.The data were collected from the school head masters, the science and mathematics teachers, and the RSBI students. As the data got in the form of quantitative and qualitative data, the researchers used the mixing approach to analyze the data The results of the study are: firstly, most of the teachers have difficulty to use English.as a medium of instruction. Secondly, from the teacher point of view, alr4p-pt pll the teachers who teach mathematics and science state that it is really difficult to apply English as the medium of instruction even with simple English. Then, from the students' point of view, most of the students refuse the use of English as a medium of instruction. They are confused when the teachers speak English. Finally, from the school head maters'point of view, they have problem to run RSBL In one hand, it is a must since the Law of education no 20 year 2003 states there must be one school with International Standard in every city in every level of education,and their school was appointed as RSBI, On the other hand, they do not have mathematics and science teachers who are competent in English. Key Words: Implemantation of English, Medium of Instruction