The use of translanguaging in the Teaching and Learning Process of Speaking Descriptive Text in SMPN 27 Medan

This study focused on finding the reason and analyzing the process the use of
translanguaging in the teaching and learning process of speaking descriptive text
in SMPN 27 Medan. In this study, the researcher used descriptive qualitative
research design to investigated using two languages or translanguaging in the
teaching and learning process of speaking descriptive text. Bogdan and Taylor in
the Moleong (2010) stated that procedure of the research that generates
descriptive data in the form of the written word or spoken of people and behavior
that observed and direct at natural background and individual the thoroughly. This
study was taken two English teacher of SMPN 27 Medan. This study was
conducted by found the reason of used translanguaging in teaching and learning
process of speaking descriptive text in SMPN 27 Medan. The technique of
collecting data were by using interview and observation by video-recording whole
the process of speaking descriptive text. The findings showed that the reason of
using translanguaging in teaching speaking descriptive text were it is help the
students easier to understand the context what the teacher said when learned,
Students can be able to speak English well in front of the class, Using
translanguaging is very helpful for students and teacher when communication and
it can increase new vocabulary the students. In process of translanguaging, the
teacher used English as the first language and continued into used Indonesian
language. The findings of the study showed translanguaging contributed to
language teaching especially in teaching speaking descriptive text.