THE STRATEGY TO ACCOMODATETHE STUDENT’S ENGLISH NEEDS IN THE 2013 CURRICULUMAT MIN 1 MALANG

In general there are three types of implementation the English subject for elementary in the 2013 curriculum, those are: school without English, school with English without evaluation, and school with English with evaluation. Those differences of implementation is based on the 2013 curriculum which establish English as extra-curricular subject. In the fact, English for elementary is needed to give strong foundation to the higher level of education. Besides, some experts advocate the benefit in learning English in the early age. This study is aimed to answer two research problems : (1) What are the strategies used by the management of MIN 1 Malang in order to accommodate the English needs in the 2013 Curriculum?, and (2) What are the teacher’s and instructor’s strategies to achieve the goal of teaching and learning at Islamic State Elementary School 1 Malang (MIN 1 Malang). The data were collected through qualitative researchs and the techniques in collecting data were observation, interview, focus group discussion, and document analysis. The researcher revealed four strategies employed by MIN 1 Malang : involving parents to support the program, preparing the environment (teachers, learners, situation), integrating into intracurricular of curriculum, developing into extracurricular. While the strategies used by the teacher and instructors during teaching and learning were through discussing, lecturing and creating fun activities.