Teachers’ Perceptions Toward The Use of Cooperative Language Learning for Teaching English of Junior High School Level

Abstract

One of the learning strategies to enhance creativity in teaching is implementing Cooperative Learning. As stated by Tsay and Brady (2010) Cooperative Learning has increasingly become a popular form of educational systems employed in academic institutions. The study aims to find out the teachers’ perceptions toward CLL for teaching English of Junior High School Level. The data was taken from SMP N 1 Bayubiru involving English teachers in every level that available in that school. The instrument is using semi-structured interview which consists of seven main questions. The data is classified into four themes, those are Cooperative Learning and the techniques, teachers’ roles in implementing Cooperative Learning, teachers’ challenges in implementing Cooperative Learning, advantages and disadvantages of Cooperative Learning. The writer hopes that the result of the study can be a recommendation for English teachers to determine whether CLL can be used to teach the foreign language as an interest learning method for students.