EXPLORING THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM IN YAPALIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Abstract

This research is to describe the implementation of a Bilingual program in Yapalis Senior High School in Sidoarjo. The bilingual program has been conducted for years in the school. The teachers, students, and staff are motivated to speak bilingual, English, and their native language; Indonesia or Javanese, inside and outside the classroom. The researcher intended to identify the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program. It is descriptive qualitative research with observation, interview, and documentation of technique in collecting data. The subjects of the research are some teachers, students, and staff of the school. The researcher has identified that the school has planned and state the program in the school development planning document to reach the graduate assurance for students. The implementation of the program has run well by the role of triggers; teachers and students who are good at speaking English. They practice code-switching between English and their native language in daily communication at school. The school, however, has not done evaluation regularly yet. There was no reward and punishment for students, teachers, or staff. The school needed to design the system of implementing the program. The system consisted of a detailed target, technique, assessment, and evaluation.