A STUDY ON TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES IN FACILITATING STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF ENGLISH OF “MARDI PUTRA” KINDERGARTEN IN BOYOLANGU

HARWI, FALINDA (2015) A STUDY ON TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES IN FACILITATING STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF ENGLISH OF “MARDI PUTRA” KINDERGARTEN IN BOYOLANGU. [ Skripsi ]

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Abstract

In order to keep up with the development of modern era, English is being taught to the younger and younger learners. Children in their kindergarten years have been introduced to English even though it is not included in the curriculum. High dedication to teach English is required for the teacher of young learner, because teaching English to young learners is different to the adult. Since children have certain characteristics, the practice of English teaching in kindergarten level should be appropriate to their interest. This research proposed several questions based on the statement above. Those research questions were formulated as: 1) What are the activities to facilitate learning process? 2) How do the teachers give feedback to the students' performances? 3) How do the teachers’ effort to create supportive learning environment for the students? Based on the research questions formulated above, the purposes of this research are: 1) To describe the activities to facilitate learning process. 2) To investigate how the teachers give feedback to the students’ performances. 3) To know how the teachers’ effort to create supportive learning environment for the students. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this research are two English teachers of “Mardi Putra” Kindergarten in Boyolangu. The data collected were in the form of interview transcripts and field notes. In order to collect the data for the research problems, the researcher applied two methods of data collection: observation and interview. The data then were analyzed using Miles and Huberman theory of Qualitative Data Analysis. The finding of this study showed that to facilitate students learning of English, the English teachers of Mardi Putra Kindergarten provide some activities to the students. Those activities were singing English songs, listen and repeat, straight copying, and fine motor skill activities. The teachers would also give feedback to the students' performance and works. The feedback given during the classroom activities were in the form or corrective feedback, strategic feedback, evaluative feedback, and positive feedback. And the finding on the last research problem is the teachers manage the seating arrangement, decorate the classroom walls, establish routines, and also give clear instruction for each task as their effort to create supportive learning environment.

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