Multicultural classroom deals with variety of students' background in terms of mother tongue, ethnicity, and culture. In the teaching and learning process, the variety is considered in deciding the appropriate strategies in media. Therefore, the discussion on teaching strategies as well as the media used applied in the classroom is considered important. This research is aimed at finding out those aspects in the perspective of descriptive qualitative study. The subject of the study is English teachers who teach at vocational school with various majors. The data obtained through observation are analyzed descriptively using Creswell's stages; transcribing, coding and classifying, interpreting, and drawing the conclusion. The result of this research shows that teachers still take significant role in classroom. Teachers' strategies and media are also decided based on students' characteristics from different kind of school.

The study discusses the use of traditional games is English teaching which is considered important to promote learners-centered learning. Traditional games offer familiarities, fun, and create natural English environment which is not offered in students’ real environment in Indonesia, considered English as a foreign language. Therefore, the researcher is interested in carrying out the stages used in the teaching and learning process dealing with the stated topics. The observation and interview are conducted in Elite English Course Banjarmasin which uses games as the method in their classroom. The result of this study is under the discussion of what traditional games are used in 5 meetings, how the teaching stages are conducted, time allotment, teacher’s role, and how it promotes active students’ interaction.

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