PLUS CURRICULUM IN THE MADRASAH ALIYAH SCHOOL BANDA ACEH DARUL ULUM (TEACHING METHOD MATERIAL USED IN EFL)

Abstract

This study is to interpret the teaching materials, approaches and methods used in
the plus curriculum in the teaching English as a compulsory subject in the
Madrasah Aliyah Darul Ulum Banda Aceh. An ethnography method was
purposefully used where four participants were involved for an in-depth interview
and classroom observation. The result revealed that the approaches were the
employed namely scientific and communicative approach. The method instantly
becomes priority were lecture method, demonstration, discussion, simulation,
grammar-translation method, direct method, debate, and role play. Whereas the
teaching material was sourced from the technical school guiding book, relevant
technical books, magazines, visual-based teaching, audio-visual based and  multimedia-based learning sources. Therefore, this is one of the evidence that the successful using of teaching material, approaches, and method under the plus curriculum can mediate the Madrasah Aliyah students‘ English learning
outcomes. This may put into account due to the specific educational and cultural
issue and practices in those private Madrasah Aliyah. Moreover, it can be
typically recommended to other schools in Banda Aceh to apply such an  innovative and combination curriculum contents; local school and national
curriculum instruction. Further ethnographic research is needed to investigate
how teachers and principals prepare or determine teaching materials and
learning model prior to the learning process conducted.
Keywords: learning method, teaching material, plus curriculum, learning
English, approaches