Understanding The nature of
PBI Courses
Nury S, MA
Supriyanti_nury@uny.ac.id
Presented at UAD workshop
August 10 – 15 2009
Why ?
• PBI produces English teachers of different learners in
terms of ages, levels or purposes
• PBI is established on the belief that English teaching is
science, that teaching can be learnt or trained
• English teaching then should be done on scientific
consideration
• PBI students should be made fully aware that they are
professionals
• PBI lecturers have the obligation to make PBI students
professionals
What does it mean to be
professionals?
Wallace (1997) states that ”All that has to be said is that
any occupations aspiring to the title of ‘profession” will
claim at least some of these qualities:
• a basis of scientific knowledge,
• a period of rigorous study which is formally assessed,
• a sense of public service,
• high standard of professional conduct,
• and the ability to perform some specific demanding and
socially useful tasks in a demonstrably competent
manner.
Profile Lulusan PBI
The Graduate Profile
D. KOMPETENSI
Lulusan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris harus memiliki
kompetensi seperti berikut:
1. Kompetensi pedagogik, yaitu kemampuan mengelola pembelajaran bahasa
Inggris yang meliputi pemahaman terhadap peserta didik, perancangan,
dan pelaksanaan pembelajaran, evaluasi pembelajaran, dan
pengembangan peserta didik untuk mengaktualisasikan berbagai potensi
yang dimilikinya,
2. Kompetensi kepribadian, yaitu kemampuan menampilkan diri sebagai
pribadi yang mantap, stabil, dewasa, arif, berwibawa, menjadi teladan
bagi peserta didik, dan berakhlak mulia,
3. Kompetensi profesional, yaitu kemampuan menguasai materi
pembelajaran bahasa Inggris secara luas dan mendalam dan memahami
teknologi yang memungkinkannya membimbing peserta didik dan
mengembangkan diri dan profesinya,
4. Kompetensi sosial, yaitu kemampuan berkomunikasi secara efektif
dengan peserta didik, sesamam pendidik, tenaga kependidikan, orang
tua/wali peserta didik, dan masyarakat.
How do we produce graduates with
such profile?
• PBI curriculum consists of various subjects
needing basically different teaching
techniques
• Broadly classified, there are language
skills, micro language skills, knowledge
courses and the teaching skills courses
• Translation courses naturally do not
belong to the group
Language Skill Courses
It is already widely believed that language
learning is done in four modes, therefore
we must understand that when we teach
language we develop students’ language
in
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
The language micro skills
In TEFL books, these courses are usually
treated differently due to their nature
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Pronunciation
Structure
Vocabulary
Discourse
The Knowledge Courses
• PBI curriculum has subjects which can be
included as knowledge if compared to the
language skills mentioned above.
• They can be broadly categorized as
linguistics courses, TEFL courses,
literature courses, research courses and
the like
• Each group needs different teaching and
learning techniques but
The Teaching Skills Courses
• Teaching skills need different ways of
training and teaching,
• Micro teaching or peer teaching is a
course where students are trained in their
teaching skills
• Teaching Practicum requires different
management which might involve other
parties (Uni, Fac, dep, dinas, schools etc)
What we need to do?
• Understand the nature of each course so
as to choose the most appropriate ways
• The teaching of the four skills have been
developed by many experts we just need
to learn or read
• The teaching of vocabulary, pronunciation
and structure can also be learned from
books written by experts who have years
of experiences