Abstract:
Art seems to be one of the fields that make the
person involving in the field highly motivated, full-heartedly
obsessed, and free to explore, to exploit, to express as well as to
experiment with what he/she is engaging in. It might be these
characteristics that enable an artist to produce a piece of artwork
which is free of the imposition of external factor(s). It might be
these situations, too, that become the fundamental reason why
one does the job with full of enjoyment. In turn, it might be this
joyful condition that triggers and encourages the art worker(s) to
willingly and enthusiastically initiate, proceed, and accomplish
their work. The characteristics shown by the artists in work and
their spirits in doing the job could be adopted and made use of in
the teaching and learning English. If we want the teaching and
learning English in our country successful, the feeling of joy and
the spirit are two conditions needed in the teaching and learning
the language. This paper tries to explore and exploit the
possibility of using art as an alternative strategy in the teaching
and learning English for high school students.
Keywords— teaching; learning; language; English
