EVALUATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING USING A NON-FORMAL APPROACH IN THE ENGLISH VILLAGE

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to explore non-formal teaching methods and perception on the non-formal settings for learning English language in base-camp, café and examination to interact with English native speakers in Prambanan Temple.  This study used qualitative approach assigning a case study design. The study was conducted in Kampung Inggris Pare, Kediri, Indonesia in 5 weeks. A number of 30 respondents each of which 15 from AC course and 15 from CC course were selected.  Of the 30 respondents, 10 were good English competence, 10 fair and 10 low.  Data were analyzed using cultural thematic analysis, rate percentage and frequency. Results show that non-formal education teaching methods are perceived by students as non-formal methods stressing in the free classroom interactions and presentations.  Of three sites of learning, students with good competence in English accept all as the comfortable learning sites.  In addition, maturity attidutes that include self-relience, self-confidence, easy to adapt environment, and creativity are well performed by the students.  Likewise, students with fair English competence considered camp, café and the temple at lower degree.  Maturity is also performed lower by the fair category students with the lowest degree at 60%.  The low competence students, however, can receive camp only as the comfortable place to learning.  All categories of maturity are performed in a low motion achieving 30% by the low competence students.