CONTEXT LEARNING

CTL called contextual approach because the concept of learning that help teachers content
associate between the lesson and the real world situation with the students and encourage
students to make the relationship between knowledge held by the implementations in their
lives as members of the community.
Alternate Definitions:
Contextual teaching and learning enables students to connect the content of
academic subjects with the immediate context of their daily lives to discover
meaning. (Johnson, 2002, p. 24)
an educational process that aims to help students see meaning in the academic
material they are studying by connecting academic subjects with the context of
their personal, social, and cultural circumstances. (Johnson, 2002, p. 25)
Principles of CTL

A . Constructivism
o Flow of learning that require students to prepare and build a new meaning on the experience
based on specific knowledge
o The characteristic of constructivism learning is active students, they involve in learning
process depend on their ability, knowledge and style of learning.
B. Inquiry
C. Questioning
o Questions teachers used to lead and evaluate how students think. Meanwhile, the question
exist student is a curiosity
o Teacher motivates and guides students.
o Find out students` knowledge.
o Paying students` attention.
o Asked that the activities carried out by both teachers and by students.
D. Learning Community
o Study groups or community group that serves as a vehicle of communication for sharing
experiences and ideas.
o One of example of learning community in English subject is making team work, they try
to understand English text, share and make conclusion. Cooperative skill is one of learning
community purpose.
E. Modeling
o Activities demonstrate an act that students can learn or imitate, or do something in
accordance with the model provided.
o The teacher is not only a model but students, native speaker, doctor, police




F. Reflection
o See the return or respond to an accident, activities and experiences that aims to identify
things that are already known, and it has not been made known to be an improvement in
the action.
o So, the students felt getting new knowledge from what they learned.


Components to be included in Context Teaching and Learning
Making connections to find meaning
Self-regulated learning
Collaborating
Critical and creative thinking
High standards
Using authentic assessments
Contextual Teaching strategies
Relating: Learning in context
Experiencing: Learning by doing
Applying: Learning by concepts in action
Cooperating: Learning in groups with others
Transferring: Using knowledge in new context/situation
Advantages of CTL
Contextual Teaching and Learning approach making that hold meaning.
Learning becomes more meaningful and real. This means that students are required to grasp the
relationship between learning experiences in school to real life. It is very important, because the
material was found to correlate with real life, not just for the students the material that will
serve functionally, but the material he had learned to be embedded firmly in the memory of
students, So tha not be easily forgotten.

Disadvantages and Difficulties
Must teach using multiple contexts to promote transfer (application of skill across different
contexts)
Potentially time consuming
Balancing this approach with state standards