Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements to Obtain Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in the English Department of the Teacher Training and Educational Sciences Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo

Abstract

English as a foreign language in Indonesia is a difficult thing to learn. It is not like a mother tongue that do not need learn to master it. The students have to learn English because it is the compulsory subject in school. It determines their pass in national examination. Besides, they are a citizen of international world which English uses as international language. English have to be taught interestingly in order to the students do not get stressed to learn it. And one ways for it is using the method. There are many methods that can be used by the teachers. Based on Larsen Freeman in Technique and Principles in Language Learning (2000), there are 14 methods of language teaching. Each of methods have the principles their selves. The researcher wants to know what the language teaching method used by an English teacher of SMA Negeri 5 Purworejo who has a lot of achievements in her career as English teacher. She is Ms. Nikmah Nurbaity. This research is a qualitative research. For conducting the research, the researcher has six months to finish it (March to August 2013). And for observing the object of research, the researcher does it in 3 days (July, 20, 27, 31 2013). The place of this research is in SMA Negeri 5 Purworejo. The sampling technique of the research is uses the purposive and snowball sampling. The researcher interviews Ms. Nikmah and her students. The researcher uses the triangulation for data collecting (observation, interview, and documentation). The instrument in this research is human instrument that is the researcher itself. After the researcher follows the class of Ms. Nikmah and takes the video recording of it, the researcher analyzes what the language teaching method used by her. The researcher finds 8 methods. They are The Grammar-Translation Method, Community Language Learning, Content-Based Learning, Multiple Intelligences, The Direct Method, Desuggestopedia, The Audio-Lingual Method, and The Silent Way. Besides, the researcher finds the unique things in teaching learning process in class of Ms. Nikmah, such as, Ms. Nikmah does not use textbook to tell the narrative (story of Cinderella) and make it be up-to-date with changing the characteristic the story with her students. It makes the story more interest