Overcoming My Difficulties in Teaching Most of Third Grade Students Class A Who Could Not Memorize English Vocabulary at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang, Pangkalanbun.

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MARANATHA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

ABSTRACT

Dalam Tugas Akhir ini saya membahas tentang kesulitan dalam mengajar anak-anak kelas tiga A yang sulit menghafal kosa kata bahasa Inggris selama saya magang di SDN 3 Pasir Panjang, Pangkalanbun Kalimantan Tengah. Kegiatan magang dilakukan mulai 6 Januari 2014

sampai 30 Januari 2014. Posisi saya di SDN 3 Pasir Panjang adalah sebagai asisten guru bahasa Inggris.

Ada empat penyebab dan tiga dampak masalah. Penyebab pertama adalah saya tidak menggunakan teknik yang tepat untuk membuat mereka mudah menghafal kosa kata. Penyebab kedua adalah saya kurang

berpengalaman dalam mengajar kosa kata bahasa Inggris. Selanjutnya, penyebab ketiga adalah para murid tidak memiliki buku bahasa Inggris yang sesuai, dan penyebab terakhir adalah waktu yang disediakan untuk mengajar bahasa Inggris hanya sekali dalam satu minggu. Dampak masalah adalah hampir semua murid mendapatkan nilai yang buruk dalam ulangan bahasa Inggris, proses pembelajaran bahasa Inggris menjadi lambat, dan saya

kehilangan kesabaran ketika mengajar para murid di dalam kelas. Ada empat solusi untuk mengatasi masalah saya ini yaitu saya akan menggunakan permainan untuk mengajar kosa kata bahasa Inggris, saya akan

menggunakan kartu bergambar (flash cards) untuk mengajar kosa kata bahasa Inggris, saya akan memberikan lembar bahan pelajaran yang berisikan catatan kosa kata bahasa Inggris kepada para murid, dan saya akan memberikan kelas tambahan selama dua kali dalam seminggu kepada para murid. Kesimpulan yang saya ambil adalah saya memilih untuk

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

The topic of this term paper is based on my internship from

January 6, 2014 until January 30, 2014 as a teacher assistant at

SDN 3 Pasir Panjang, Pangkalanbun, Central Borneo. My job

descriptions is helping the teacher to review the material. Learning

vocabulary is important as stated by Maryam Eslahcar that

“vocabulary is an inseparable part of any language learning

process. It would be impossible to learn a language without

vocabulary“ (135). Accordingly, it is necessary for teachers to teach

English vocabulary to the students.

When I had my internship, I found a problem. My problem

was I had a difficulty in teaching most of third grade students class

A who could not memorize English vocabulary. There were twenty

four students in the class. Most of the students were 8-9 years old.

They started to learn English regularly and systematically in the

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For example , one day I reviewed the material about parts of the

body. Most of the students in class A did not answer my questions

because they could not remember the vocabulary. At that time, I did

not know how to review the materials effectively to the children.

This situation happened for several times during my internship.

Most of the students in the class usually could not answer the

questions when I asked them about the materials that they have

learnt.

Based on the above explanation, I would like to discuss

about handling my difficulty in teaching most of third grade students

class A who could not memorize vocabulary. I agree with the

statements in “The Analysis of the Ways to Memorize English

Vocabulary” that “memorizing vocabulary has been a big difficulty

making students lose interest in the process of learning English” (1).

I choose this topic because I am interested in teaching vocabulary

to the students to make them memorize English vocabulary easily.

In this term paper I will analyze the causes, the effects, and the best

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B. Identification of the Problem

The research questions are as follow :

1. Why did I have a difficulty in teaching English vocabulary to third

grade students in class A in SDN 3 Pasir Panjang?

2. How did the problem influence the students and I ?

3. How should I solve the problem effectively?

C. Objectives and Benefits of the study

The objectives of my term-paper are to find the causes of the

problem and to describe the effects of the problem. I would also like

to find the best solutions to solve the problem. The benefit for the

teachers at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang is they will get some ideas about

teaching English vocabulary for all the students at SDN 3 Pasir

Panjang especially for the students in the third grade. The teachers

can use fun ways to teach vocabulary. The benefit for the readers is

they will know how to teach vocabulary for children. The benefit for

me is I will learn more about teaching vocabulary for the third grade

students effectively.

D. Description of the Institution

Based on the profile of SDN 3 Pasir Panjang, the school was

established on January 1, 1998 in Pangkalanbun, Central Borneo.

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The accreditation of this school is B. The motto of the school is

“the school which is clean, beautiful, safe and comfortable will foster

individuals who are intelligent, pure, and polite“. It also has some

facilities such as Internet, telephone, library, and canteen. The

headmaster at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang is Mr. Sukasman, S.Pd.SD.

There are fifteen teachers, they are : Latia, Aisyah, Ngatijah,

Noraedah, Budi, Adi, Lis, Yati, Winarsih, Dewi, Suci, Masrine, Riya,

Sutisna, Feri. There are twelve classes.

E. Method of Study

First, I get the data for my term-paper from my internship

journal, and observation. Second, I get the data from the articles

and books by conducting library research. This data is used to

analyze the causes, effects, and potential solutions of the problem.

F. Limitation of the study

The subjects of my term-paper is twenty four students of

third grade and I as a teacher assistant. The name of the class is

class A. I did my internship at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang from January 6,

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G. Organization of Term Paper

This term-paper starts with Abstract, Declaration of

Originality, Acknowledgements, and Table of Contents. Next, there

are four chapters on this term-paper. The first chapter is

Introduction, it is divided into seven parts, there are : Background of

the Study, Identification of the Problem, Objectives and Benefits of

the Study, Description of Institution, Method of Study, Limitation of

the Study, and Organization of Term-paper. The second chapter is

Problem Analysis that describes the causes, and the effects from

the problem. Then Chapter Three describes the potential solutions

to solve the problems along with the positive and negative effects.

The last chapter is the Conclusion. There is also a Bibliography

which is the list of the references used in this paper. Furthermore,

this term-paper also has Appendices that contain Flowchart and the

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSIONS

In this chapter, I would like to discuss the chosen solutions for my

problem which is difficulty in teaching most of third grade students class A

who could not memorize English vocabulary. There are four causes of the

problem namely I did not use suitable techniques to make them remember

English vocabulary easily, I lacked of experience in teaching vocabulary, the

students did not have a relevant English course book, and the frequency of

English lesson was only once a week. Moreover, the effects of the problem

are almost all children got bad marks on English quiz, the progress learning

of English lesson was slow, and I lost my temper when teaching the students

in the class. To solve the problem, there are four potential solutions. First, I

will use games to teach vocabulary. Second, I will use flash cards to teach

English vocabulary to the students. Third, I will give some copies of English

vocabulary handout to the children. Fourth, I will offer an extra class after

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Combining all of the four potential solutions will be the best solution to

solve my problem. Applying all potential solutions will be effective to deal with

all causes of the problem. First, I will use an interesting teaching technique

such as flash cards and games, so that the students will be interested in

learning vocabulary. Second, I will give some copies of vocabulary because

the students do not have a relevant course book. Third, I will give an extra

English class, so that the students will learn English lesson more than once a

week. If I only use flash cards and games without giving handouts and extra

English class, the result of the learning will not be effective.

I have some suggestions for the teachers at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang that

the teacher at SDN 3 Pasir Panjang should teach the students with flash

cards and games to make the students interested to memorize vocabulary. In

addition, the teachers also should give some handouts of vocabulary and give

an extra class to make the students memorize English vocabulary better. I

believe that being a teacher should be creative, so that the students will be

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