AN ANALYSIS ON CLASSROOM LANGUAGE USED BY LITTLE CAMEL MOJOKERTO PRECHOOL TEACHER IN USING ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

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1 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This chapter consists of background of study, statement of problems, purposes of the study, significant of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of key terms.

1.1Background of Study

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Cameron (2001) explains that teaching English in the early age has many advantages as a foreign language such as listening comprehension and pronunciation give benefits mainly. It shows that teaching English in early age is very important because it develops the children language competence especially in learning foreign language. Young learners will absorb effectively what they learn because they have good memory. Also, they have high motivation to learn something new. They have many opportunities to construct their abilities using English.

Furthermore, teaching English to young learners is different from teaching adult learners. Teaching English to young learners is focusing on shaping the children as the future users of English in the world which regress a high level of spoken and written communication. Young learners will learn and emphasize in vocabulary, how to spell, pronounce and simple sentences not in grammatical rules or determine the sentence pattern.

Based on Liruso (2003), young learners have special characteristics, they are: young learner is learned naturally, also they will learn while play. It means, they get some new knowledge from their experiences. Therefore, it is very important to interact and adapt with their world. Teaching young learners should be relevant with their way of thinking or their cognitive aspect such as playing, coloring and singing. In line with Shin (2009) statement, “Participants will engage in enjoyable activities designed specifically for young learners, such as songs, chants, finger plays, and storytelling.” It will give positive attitude toward English

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3 Realizing the characteristics of young learners and the importance of English as one of important languages in the world, many schools use English as classroom language and as a medium of instruction as well. Classroom language is needed for communication tools between teacher and students in routine daily activity as habituation (Malley, 1997). While, English as medium of instruction essentially refers to the teaching of a subject using the medium of English and to give instruction in lesson activity in the class, what the students do based on the teacher’s instruction (McDonald,in Dearden, 2014).

Then, the usage of English as medium of instruction should be compatible with phases of lesson activity during teaching learning process. That is because the usage of language instruction in every step of activity can influence students’ understanding. Based on Crookes &Chaudron (in Celce& Murcia, 2001) activity is a part of lesson. Every activity has different aim to develop the student’s ability and reach the comprehension of lesson. Therefore, the teacher should manage the phases of instructional sequence in lesson to reach the expected goal.

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giving stimulation to the students. Also, Rahman (2013) studied about classroom language used by pre service teacher of 3rd grade in teaching EYL course in English in UMM. He focused on classroom languages and the kinds, and the reason why classroom languages were implemented. He found that there were classroom instruction and classroom interaction. Classroom instruction used to give instruction through simple and meaningful expression and create good relationship or social-cultural.

Based on the reason above, it is interesting to conduct an analysis of classroom language used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher using English as a medium of instruction. This study is different from the two previous studies above because this study focused on classroom language used by preschool teacher and classroom languages are classified into phase of lesson activity.

1.2 Statement of Problems

The problems which are going to be discussed based on background of study are:

1. What are classroom languages used by the Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction?

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5 1.2Purpose of Study

The purpose of study is directly connected to the problems of the study; the purposes of the study are as follows:

1. To identify classroom languages used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction.

2. To investigate how classroom languages used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction are classified into the phases of lesson activity.

1.3Significance of Study

The result of this study is expected to give some contributions to:

1. The students and the lecturers of English department in University of Muhammadiyah Malang to know classroom language used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher and also classroom language used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction is classified into the phases of lesson activity.

2. The teachers, especially at Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher to provide them classroom language related to English as a medium of instruction and the phases of lesson activity that helps the student easy to reach the goal and motivate the preschool student to be active in the class. 3. The next researcher which has the similar topic related to classroom

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1.4Scope and Limitation

The scopes of this study are classroom languages used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher and classroom languages used by Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction is classified into the phases of lesson activity. This study is limited on Little Camel Mojokerto preschool teacher in using English as a medium of instruction.

1.5Definition of Key Terms

To avoid misunderstanding in this study the writer gives the definition of key terms that are used in this study. The terms are defined as followed:

1. Classroom Language is language trough the normal day-to-day routine of what they do in class (Malley, 1997).

2. English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) is the use of English language in teaching a subject, where English is not the national language for the students (McDonald,in Dearden, 2014).

3. Preschool is school which is preparing for entered the formal school. Preschooler about 4-6 years old.(www.littlecamelscool.com)

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AN ANALYSIS ON CLASSROOM LANGUAGE USED BY LITTLE CAMEL MOJOKERTO PRECHOOL TEACHER IN USING ENGLISH

AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

THESIS

By:

RIFKATUZAHRO 20111010311057

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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AN ANALYSIS ON CLASSROOM LANGUAGE USED BY LITTLE CAMEL MOJOKERTO PRESCHOOL TEACHER IN USING ENGLISH

AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

RIFKATUZAHRO 201110100311057

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillahirahmanirrahim,

Alhmadulillah, all praise to Allah, the Merciful and Charitable, who has given the writer guidance and blessing in finishing this thesis.

Then, she would like to express his great appreciation and thanks to her first advisor, Rina W. Setyaningrum., M.Ed., and her second advisor, Puji Sumarsono., M. Ed., M. Pd., for their guidance, suggestion, correction and comment on this study, without real understanding and strong motivation, this study would never found its completion.

Her thanks also go to his beloved parents, who always give their love till the end of time. Her sister, who always pray and support, and give the affection during writing this study. His deepest gratitude is also extended to Little Camel Mojokerto Preschool (B2) teachers who have given her a permission to do this study. Her special thanks to her best friends who always accompanied and given supporting to do her study, also for her love who always support to finished this study.

Eventually, may Allah SWT always keep them in safe and peace condition and give them appropriate rewards.

Malang, November 2015

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ... 18

3.2 Research Subject ... 19

3.3 Research Instrument... 19

3.3.1 Observation ... 19

3.3.2 Interview ... 20

3.3.3 Documentation ... 21

3.4 Data Collection ... 21

3.5 Data Analysis ... 22

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ... 23

4.1.1 The Classroom Language Used by Little Camel Mojokerto Preschool Teacher in Using English as a Medium of Instruction ... 23

4.1.2 The Classroom Language Used by Little Camel Preschool Teacher in Using English as a Medium of Instruction Classified into Phases of Lesson Activity 32 4.2 Discussion ... 44

CHAPTER V CONCLUSSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions ... 47

5.2 Sugestions ... 48

5.2.1 For the Little Camel Mojokerto Preschool Teacher ... 48

5.2.2 For the Next Reseachers ... 48

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