READING – Text 9
Technique of Teaching
The Silent Way is one of the effective language teaching techniques. It is pedagogical approach to language teaching based on the premise that the teacher should be as silent as possible in the classroom (about \(90\%\) of the time). The learners, then, are encouraged to produce as much language as possible. They have much time both to be exposed to the language and to perform practice.
The learning hypothesis behind the Silent Way is that learning is facilitated if the learners discover or create rather than remembers and repeats what is to be learned. Also, students learn more effectively through problem solving involving the target language. It views language learning as a creative, problem-solving and discovering activity in which the learner is a principal actor rather than a bench-bound listener.
Basically, in learning teachers prepare their students to have problem solving skill. And the Silent Way can be described as a problem-solving approach to language learning, and is summed up nicely in Benjamin Franklin’s words: “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I remember, Involve me and I learn”.
I conclude that the Silent Way is an appropriate language teaching technique.
Soal 25
Which approach is supporting the Silent Way in language teaching?
A. Exposing the subject.
B. Creating the subjects.
C. Asking the students to act as actors.
D. Giving the students problems to solve.
E. Asking the students to be good listeners.
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: D
Alasan inti: Teks menegaskan “students learn more effectively through problem solving” dan “the Silent Way can be described as a problem-solving approach”. Jadi pendekatan pendukungnya adalah memberi masalah untuk dipecahkan.
A. “Exposing the subject” tidak disebut sebagai pendekatan utama. Teks memang menyebut learners “be exposed to the language”, tetapi fokus metode bukan “mengajarkan subjek” melainkan problem solving. Relevansi A lebih lemah daripada D, sehingga \(D \gt A\).
B. “Creating the subjects” tidak sesuai frasa teks. Teks mengatakan learners “discover or create” (mencipta/menemukan pemahaman), bukan “create the subjects”. Pilihan B terasa salah sasaran.
C. Ada frasa “learner is a principal actor”, tetapi itu menggambarkan peran siswa, bukan langkah pendekatan utama. Inti operasionalnya tetap “problem solving”, sehingga D lebih tepat daripada C, \(D \gt C\).
D. Tepat karena selaras langsung dengan “problem solving approach” dan “students learn more effectively through problem solving”.
E. Bertentangan dengan teks: metode ini menjadikan learner “a principal actor rather than a bench-bound listener”. Artinya siswa bukan terutama “pendengar pasif”, sehingga E paling tidak sesuai; secara makna, E \(\lt\) D.
Soal 26
The purpose of the text is to … to the readers what ‘Silent Way’ is.
A. improve
B. declare
C. introduce
D. contribute
E. remind
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: C
Alasan inti: Teks menjelaskan definisi, prinsip, dan ciri “The Silent Way” (apa itu, bagaimana, dan mengapa). Tujuan seperti ini adalah memperkenalkan (introduce).
A. “improve” berarti meningkatkan sesuatu; teks tidak berisi langkah memperbaiki metode, melainkan menjelaskan metode. Jadi A tidak cocok.
B. “declare” lebih seperti pengumuman/penetapan resmi. Teks bersifat paparan dan penjelasan, bukan deklarasi formal.
C. “introduce” paling sesuai karena paragraf awal memberi gambaran umum, lalu paragraf berikut menjelaskan hipotesis, dan ditutup simpulan “I conclude…”. Ini pola teks pengenalan/penjelasan.
D. “contribute” berarti menyumbang pada sesuatu; bukan tujuan komunikatif teks ini.
E. “remind” berarti mengingatkan sesuatu yang sudah diketahui pembaca; teks justru memberi informasi baru/penjelasan, sehingga C \(\gt\) E.
Soal 27
‘The Silent Way’ is an approach for teaching language hoping that the students will ….
A. become principal actors
B. repeat what is to be learned
C. be able to solve their problems
D. remember what has been taught
E. produce as much language as possible
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: E
Alasan inti: Paragraf 1 menyatakan langsung: “The learners… are encouraged to produce as much language as possible.” Itu persis opsi E.
A. Teks menyebut “learner is a principal actor rather than a bench-bound listener.” Ini benar sebagai karakter metode, tetapi pertanyaan menekankan “hoping that the students will …” dan frasa yang paling eksplisit tentang harapan hasil adalah “produce as much language as possible”. Maka E lebih kuat daripada A, \(E \gt A\).
B. Ini bertentangan dengan teks: metode menekankan “discover or create rather than remembers and repeats”. Jadi B tidak sesuai; B \(\lt\) E.
C. Problem solving memang ditekankan, tetapi tujuan yang disebut eksplisit di paragraf 1 adalah produksi bahasa sebanyak mungkin. C masih terkait, namun E paling tepat karena kalimatnya hampir identik.
D. “remember what has been taught” tidak sejalan dengan tekanan “discover/create” dan “involve me and I learn”. D kurang tepat.
E. Tepat karena sama dengan isi teks: encouraged to “produce as much language as possible”.
Soal 28
“It is pedagogical approach … as silent as possible in the classroom.” (Paragraph 1) The synonym of the underlined word is ….
A. weak
B. patient
C. quiet
D. helpful
E. pleasant
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: C
Alasan inti: “silent” bermakna tidak banyak berbicara/tenang; sinonim terdekat dalam opsi adalah “quiet”.
A. “weak” berarti lemah; bukan makna “silent”.
B. “patient” berarti sabar; bukan sinonim “silent”.
C. “quiet” paling tepat karena sama-sama menunjukkan keadaan tidak berisik/tidak banyak bicara. Jadi C \(\gt\) opsi lain.
D. “helpful” berarti suka menolong; tidak terkait makna “silent”.
E. “pleasant” berarti menyenangkan; bukan sinonim “silent”.
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