AN INVESTIGATION OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ( A CASE STUDY OF TENTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SM AN 2 KOTA BENGKULU)

The objective of this research was to find out the classroom management
strategies implemented by the English teachers and the reason in applying the
most often strategy than others strategies. This study employed the descriptive
qualitative method, the subject of the research were the English teachers (2
persons) at SMAN 2 Kota Bengkulu. The data was collected by using
observations checklist and interview. The result of the research revealed there are
5 strategies used by the teachers in managing the classroom; 1) Strategy to
arrange the classroom, 2) Strategy to build positive relation with the student, 3)
Strategy to create positive classroom environment, 4) Strategy to prevent
misbehavior and 5) Strategy to handle the students’ discipline situation. In 5
meetings of teaching and learning, the most often strategy was strategy to arrange
the classroom with the total aspects of the strategy applied in 33 times by teacher
1 and 37 times by teacher 2. The second strategy were 30 and 31. The third
strategy were 26 and 24. The fourth strategy were 25 and 28. The last strategy
were 25 and 24. Furthermore, the reason of why the teachers applying the
strategy to arrange the classroom as the most often strategy than other strategies
because it helps the teachers in the teaching and learning process to be more
conducive, motivated and effective. Therefore, it could be concluded that the
English teachers of SMAN 2 Kota Bengkulu used all the 5 strategies as
mentioned by Marzano (2003) in managing classroom but not all aspects they
used in teaching and learning process. The most often strategy implemented by
the both of teacher were strategy to arrange the classroom. Meanwhile, the least
strategy implemented by both teachers was the strategy to handle the students
discipline situation.
Keywords: Classroom Management Strategy, English Teacher