AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING METHOD TO TEACH ENGLISH
FOR YOUNG LEARNERS AT SDN 2 SURODAKAN
TRENGGALEK
THESIS
By:
HANA RADITA HENDRATAMI
08360172
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING METHOD TO TEACH ENGLISH
FOR YOUNG LEARNERS AT SDN 2 SURODAKAN
TRENGGALEK
THESIS
By:
HANA RADITA HENDRATAMI
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING METHOD TO TEACH ENGLISH
FOR YOUNG LEARNERS AT SDN 2 SURODAKAN
TRENGGALEK
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
HANA RADITA HENDRATAMI
08360172
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MOTTO
La Tahzan Innallaha Ma’ana
(Don’t be sad, because Allah is always in our side)Never stop to pray, never stop to fight, never stop to hope,
never stop to learn, keep on walk and run, because
“WORLD WITHOUT COMMA”
DEDICATION
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
My beloved younger sister,
My beloved friends and relatives,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful
Praise and gratitude the writer sends up only to Allah who has given the
mercy and blessing so that the writer is completely able to finish this thesis. Shalawat
and salam are expected to be exerted by to the lovely prophet Muhammad SAW.
Along with this finished thesis, the writer thanks to those who have given
their helps either directly or indirectly. The first sincere gratitude is given to my my
advisor, Drs. Mas’udi, M. Ed and Puji Sumarsono, M. Ed, who always inspire,
encourages and stimulate critical thought as well as guiding me in finishing this thesis.
I also thank to all the lecturers who have given me the knowledge. My gratefulness
goes to the head master and the English teacher of SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek who
have given me chance and time to complete my thesis.
I would like to express my gratitude to my beloved father, Drs. Hari
Kusdianto, my beloved mother, Nanik Supatmi and my younger sister, Fintya
Puspaningrum, who have provided me a great deal encouragement during my study
in UMM.
I would like to express my gratitude to all of my friends and my relatives who
have given me support, help and affection. I also, do not forget to say thanks a lot to
everyone that I could not mention them one by one who give me sincerely helps
suggestion from the readers to make it better. I do hope that it can contribute to the
development of education.
Malang, January 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Teaching English to Young Learners ... 6
2.2. Basic Principles of Teaching English to Young Learners ... 8
2.2.1. Recycle ... 8
2.2.2. Fun ... 9
2.2.3. Feedback ... 9
2.2.4. Model ... 10
2.4. Teaching Method ... 11
2.5. Kinds of Teaching Method to Teach English for Young Learners ... 11
2.5.1. Demonstration Method ... 12
2.5.2. Role Play Method ... 12
2.5.3. Art Method ... 13
2.5.4. Question-answer Method ... 13
2.5.5. Fieldtrip Method ... 14
2.5.6. Playing Method ... 14
2.6. Problems in Applying Teaching Methods ... 15
2.7. The Teacher’s Way to Solve the Problems in Applying Teaching Methods ... 16
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1. Research Design ... 18
3.2. Research Subject ... 19
3.3. Data Collection ... 20
3.3.1. Research Instruments ... 20
3.3.2. Procedures of Data Collection ... 23
3.4. Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Research Findings ... 25
4.1.2. The problems faced by the teacher in applying the
methods ... 27
4.1.3. The ways of teacher to solve the problems in applying the
methods ... 27
4.2. Discussion ... 28
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1. Conclusions ... 31
5.2. Suggestions ... 32
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents background of the study, statements of the problem,
purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of
the key terms.
1.1 Background of the Study
Teaching is helping students to learn (Callahan & Clark, 2002). Teaching is
not a simple thing because it needs some skills to create a good teaching. It is also
like teaching English. The teachers should understand about teaching activities
management to make the students interested in the lesson. They must be skillful and
joyful in teaching to cover material in interesting ways. There are many factors in the
teaching learning process which should be concerned. Those factors are teacher,
students, approach, method, strategy, technique, media and environment. One of the
important factors is teaching method.
Teaching method is different from teaching approach, teaching strategy or
teaching technique although those components are applied in teaching learning
process. Teaching approach is a teacher’s point of view toward teaching and learning
process (Ma’shumah, 2009). Meanwhile, teaching strategy is a plan of activity in the
classroom, where teacher and student include in realizing the goal of teaching and
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implement a plan in a real activity to reach the goal of teaching and learning process
(Ma’shumah, 2009). Teaching method is helping teacher to deliver materials. It hopes
that students can grasp those materials easily. In one method, it can be more than one
technique. For example, two teachers use role play method to teach English for young
learners, but in the implementation, it can be different technique for each teacher. The
first teacher asks one student to act like a doctor and the other teacher asks two
students to act like a doctor and patient by using short conversation. So, it can
describe that teaching technique is the way of teacher to implement the method in a
specific way (Ma’shumah, 2009).
Teaching English in elementary school in Indonesia is given to introduce the
basic component of a foreign language. It is not easy to implement to the young
learners students because of some factors. One of the factors is the characteristic of
the student itself. Young learners have a very short attention and concentration span
(Scott & Ytreberg, 2002). Therefore, the teachers should be more creative. By having
various methods, not only make the teachers easier to deliver materials, but also make
the students being more active and interested in English subject.
In the previous research, Wijayanti (2008) conducted a study about the
methods of teaching English used by the eight semester student of the English
Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang at SMAN 02 Batu. The result
of the study showed that the eight semester student of the English Department of
University of Muhammadiyah Malang who practice teaching at SMAN 02 Batu
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subject, direct method especially in teaching speaking and reading subject,
grammar-translation method especially in teaching writing and reading subject. All of the
methods can make students pay more attention to the material.
Based on the reasons that teaching methods influence teaching and learning
process, the writer wants to analyze about “The Teaching Method to Teach English to
Young Learners at SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek”. The writer chooses elementary
school because English become the compulsory subject in Indonesia starting from
elementary level. Moreover, the writer chooses SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek
because this school is the only Pre Internationally-Standardized School in Trenggalek,
where English is the important subject to learn. It hopes that various methods in
teaching English are given in this school.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
In this study, the statements of the problem are formulated in questions as
follows:
1. What are the methods employed by English teacher in teaching English at
SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek?
2. What are the problems faced by English teacher in applying those methods?
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1.3 Purposes of the Study
The purposes of this study are:
1. To know the methods employed by English teacher in teaching English at
SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek.
2. To know the problems faced by English teacher in applying those methods.
3. To know how the teacher solves the problems.
1.4 Significances of the Study
This study is hoped to give contribution to enrich the teaching methods in
teaching English to young learners. By giving the information and reference about the
teaching method, it can help the English teachers; especially English teacher at SDN
2 Surodakan Trenggalek in improving their teaching skill.
In addition, by applying various methods in teaching English, this study is
hoped to make students more interesting in the class and also can increase students’
English achievement; especially the students at SDN 2 Surodakan Trenggalek.
Not only for English teachers and students, but this study also gives reference
for other researchers who want to conduct the same research.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study is teaching methods to teach English for young
learners. Meanwhile, it is limited to analyze the methods to teach English for young
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1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
Teaching method is the way of teacher to implement a plan in a real activity to
reach the goal of teaching and learning process (Ma’shumah, 2009).
Young learners are children from the first year of formal schooling (five or six
