PENINGKATAN PROFESIONALISME GURU MELALUI PENGAJARAN INTERAKTIF MENGGUNAKAN UNGKAPAN-UNGKAPAN KHAS BAHASA INGGRIS DI KELAS
Authors: Wilian Sudirman , Fitriana Eka , Amin Muhammad , Isnaini Muh. 
Published: December 2022

ABSTRAK
Penggunaan ungkapan-ungkapan khusus dalam kelas pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris (classroom language) merupakan kompetensi yang harus dimiliki oleh setiap guru Bahasa Inggris yang professional. Akan tetapi, kenyataan di lapangan menunjukkan masih banyak guru Bahasa Inggris yang belum dapat menggunakan ungkapan-ungkapan tersebut dengan baik dan benar serta tepat di kelas ketika mengajar. Fakta ini seringkali ditemukan mulai dari saat para dosen memberikan Pendidikan dan Latihan Profesi Guru (PLPG) maupun ketika menjadi pengajar pada PPG (Pendidikan Profesi Guru) beberapa tahun terakhir ini. Tuntutan agar guru mampu mengelola seluruh kegiatan kelas dalam bahasa Inggris, mulai dari memeriksa presensi hingga membubarkan kelas, merupakan bagian dari tugas keprofesionalan mereka. Karena itulah, kegiatan pengabdian yang mengambil tema “Workshop Penggunaan Ungkapan-Ungkapan Bahasa Inggris untuk Pengajaran di Kelas bagi Guru-Guru SMP/MTs/MA se-Kecamatan Batukliang dan Batukliang Utara - Lombok Tengah” ini dilaksanakan. Tujuannya adalah membantu para guru meningkatkan kompetensi mereka dalam penggunaan classroom language. Kegiatan ini diawali dengan ceramah penanaman konsep tentang classroom language diikuti penayangan video singkat contoh penggunaan bahasa guru di kelas, dan dilanjutkan dengan diskusi kelompok kecil dan kegiatan latihan langsung penggunaan ungkapan-ungkapan Bahasa Inggris tersebut. Dampak hasil pengabdian ini adalah tersusunnya bahan/materi ungkapan-ungkapan khusus Bahasa Inggris di dalam kelas yang dapat dipelajari kembali dan dipakai sebagai acuan oleh guru ketika mengajar. Kepada guru-guru disampaikan pula bahwa mengetahui cara menggunakan bahasa Inggris yang baik dan benar, meskipun pendek tetapi bermakna (meaningful), merupakan tugas utama guru di dalam kelas untuk didemonstrasikan (diperdengarkan) kepada siswanya sesering mungkin, sehingga apa yang didengar itu dapat menjadi model bahasa interaksi anak yang diperlukan baik di dalam maupun di luar kelas.
ABSTRACT
The ability to use special expressions in the current English language teaching classroom has become a highly demanded competence for and must be possessed by every professional English teacher. However, the reality on the ground shows that there are still a great deal of English teachers who are unable to accomplish their class using these expressions properly and correctly and appropriately when they are in front of the classroom. These phenomena have frequently been shown since the beginning of the Teacher Professional Education and Training Program (PLPG), which in the last couple of years has transformed into the Teacher Professional Education (PPG) program. The demand that teachers be able to manage all class activities in English, from checking attendance to dismissing the class, is part of their professional duties. For this reason, the community service activity by the English Department of FKIP Unram lecturers with a special theme on “Workshop on the Use of English Phrases for Classroom Teaching for High School English Teachers at Batukliang and North Batukliang Districts - Central Lombok” was carried out, the aim of which is to help teachers improve their competence in the use of classroom language. The activity began with a free lecture on the concepts of classroom language followed by a short video showing examples of the teacher's use of language in class, and continued with small group discussions and hands-on practice activities using these English expressions. The expected impact of this community service, in addition to the English teachers’ classroom language enhancement, is the compilation of materials of special English expressions in the classroom that can be studied again and used as a reference by the teacher when teaching. It was also conveyed to the teachers that knowing how to use good and correct English, even though it was short but meaningful, is the main task of a teacher in the classroom that must be demonstrated to the students as often as they possibly can, so that what is heard by the students could become their communicative interaction model needed both inside and outside the classroom.