Abstract:
In achieving the objective of learning, teaching needs to shift attention to whatever ways which can grab students’ attention contextually and provide activities that involve them in both physically and cognitively in the instructional process. It is Contextual Teaching and Learning which accommodate the value of student-centered activities and rethinking of what has happened in the class through its principles to ensure ways of successful learning goal. This studyemployed descriptive research that describedto which extent of the implementation of contextual teaching and learning in the teaching and learning English in SMAN 1 Banjarmasin. There was one English teacher to be observed as a subject of research. This is also involving 63 students as respondents of the second and third gradersin a selected secondary school in Banjarmasin . To get the data, the researcher used observation and interview. The former one was supposed to picture out what was happening during the instructional process, and the latter instrument was used to confirm observed data that were closely correlated to collected data. The finding of the research described the process in which the teacher employedseveral principles of contextual teaching and learning involving constructivism, questioning, inquiry, learning community, and authentic assessment in the classroom activities. Moreover, this study revealed that considering classroom situations in the CTL process could be one of the means to reflective teaching in creating independent learning.
Keywords: Contextual Teaching and Learning, Teaching Approach, Reflective Teaching
