THE DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING AND LEARNINGENGLISH TO THE THIRD GRADE OFSD NEGERI NGORESAN NO. 80SURAKARTA

This final project report is written based on the job training experience which has been done for one month and two weeks in SDN Ngoresan No.80 Surakarta. The objectives of this report are to describe some difficulties in English teaching and learning in SD Negeri Ngoresan No.80 Surakarta and the solutions to handle the problems during the teaching and learning process. InEnglish teaching and learning process in SD Negeri Ngoresan No.80 Surakarta, the writer gave the material directly. First, the writer began the class by warming up then she delivered the material by asking the previous material first in order to test the students memory. The writer used Grammar Translation Method during the teaching process because she couldn’t use English all the time, it was based on students ability. To know the students’sunderstanding to the material, the writer gave some exercises or asked them to do the exercises in their workbook. In this job training, the writerhad some problems.The writer divided the problems into two categories. First, Linguistics problem is related to the different pronunciation of English and Indonesian. Second, Non-Linguistics Problems, they are classroom management, limited time of teaching, student’s motivation, lack of dicipline, and lack of facilities.English teaching and learning to the third grade of students in SDN Ngoresan No.80 Surakarta was succesfully done by doing the solution to handle the problems above.