English teaching techniques and media used in indonesian islamic junior high schools

This study aims at describing the teaching English Teaching Techniques and media used in Indonesian Islamic Junior High Schools. The research is a descriptive qualitative study. The data was collected by using some instruments, namely observation sheets, documentation, field notes, and interview guide with the English teacher as well as students of eighth grades. The findings that the English teacher used warm up, setting, organizational, content explanation, role play demonstration, checking, question answer display, translation, dictation, copying, identification, recognition, review and testing, which are included in controlled techniques. Then, information transfer, information exchange, wrap up and preparation in semi-controlled techniques. Next, role play, interview and discussion were included in free techniques. Meanwhile, teaching media that were used by the English teacher were pictures about unique house and white board, which was included in visual and projected media. Next, textbook and English dictionary for printed media; then, role play as games media. The interviews with the students reveals that the teaching techniques and teaching media that were used by the English teacher were very interesting and suitable with the material in the textbook. Moreover, the interaction between the teacher and the students in the classroom was very attractive during the English lesson.