STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS ENGLISH TEACHING STIMULUS VARIATION SKILLS AT SMP KRISTEN RURUKAN

Abstract

This research is conducted to identify and describe the students’ perception towards English Teaching Stimulus Variation Skills at SMP Kristen Rurukan. The population of this research are ninth grade students of SMP Kristen Rurukan, consisting of 22 students from grade 9A and 24 students from grade 9B. The method of data analysis is descriptive method and the writers use questionnaires to collect the data. The results of this research are among six indicators, there are five indicators which are voice variation, focusing, pausing, gesturing and movement shows that English teacher vary in teaching while one another indicator that is eye contact is less vary. Based on the results above, English teacher must improve the variety of teaching stimulus variation skills especially in terms of eye contact so that students pay more attention to the lesson and learning better. Teacher should also develop all the stimulus variation skills in order form a positive attitude of students and they also will love the English subject and won’t feel bored but will be more participate in various learning processes. For students, it is necessary to pay more attention, so they can enjoy in learning English. RelaxeKeywords:       Perception, Teaching, Stimulus Variation Skills.