Dealing With Unmotivated Children At Kids2success.

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ABSTRACT

Dalam Tugas Akhir ini saya mencoba menganalisis permasalahan dalam menghadapi anak yang tidak mempunyai motivasi dalam belajar yang saya hadapi selama proses magang selaku asisten guru di

KIDS2SUCCESS. Saya menganalisa beberapa faktor, efek, dan solusi potensial yang berkaitan dengan masalah ini.

Anak yang tidak termotivasi dalam belajar dapat disebabkan beberapa faktor, di antaranya cara guru mengajar, standar bahan materi yang terlalu sulit, dan tidak nyamannya lingkungan tempat anak belajar. Faktor-faktor tersebut dapat membuat anak menjadi tidak termotivasi saat belajar. Adapun efek dari masalah tersebut adalah anak akan mengerjakan tugas yang diberikan guru dengan sangat lambat bahkan kadang-kadang tidak dapat menyelesaikannya. Efek yang lain adalah anak tidak

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Students sometimes feel lazy while studying in class. There are some

reasons why they behave like that. One of the reasons is they do not have

motivation in their study anymore. Dealing with unmotivated students is

not easy. First, we need to know the causes students lack motivation and

then find the best way to increase their motivation.

I chose the topic “Dealing with Unmotivated Students at

KIDS2SUCCESS” because it is an interesting problem that I found while I

did my internship at KIDS2SUCCESS (henceforth K2S). At that time there

were some unmotivated students and I found that facing unmotivated

students was quite annoying. For example, they did not want to do the

exercises and they did not pay attention to what the teacher said.

Moreover, they did not study properly and these disturbed the learning

process. The worst is this problem became their habit in their study at

school and at home. In order to overcome this problem, I had to find some

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In this term paper I analyze the causes and effects of the problem,

and I also state three potential solutions to overcome the problem of

unmotivated students.

B. Identification of the Problem

1. What makes the students unmotivated in their study?

2. What will happen if students are unmotivated?

3. How should the teacher motivate students in order to make the

learning process effective?

C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

The objectives of writing this term paper are to know the causes of

students being unmotivated, the effects of unmotivated students, and to

find out the best solutions to increase their motivation in their study.

The main benefit of writing this term paper is to give input to the

teachers at K2S when teaching unmotivated students; so that they can

teach the students better. Also more generally, it is expected that the

suggestions proposed in this term paper may help teachers and me to

deal with unmotivated students.

D. Description of the Institution

K2S is an educational course which is designed to teach English

language to children of age 2.5 to 18 years old. In K2S students can

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to the highest level. There are some levels in K2S. The lowest level is

Runner, the second is Sprinter, the third is Jumper, and the highest one is

General English.

K2S is a franchise company from America. It has expanded throughout

12 countries including Indonesia. K2S first was established in June 2005 in

Bandung and the location is at Taman Kopo II, Ruko 2A No. 55. Now it

has a subsidiary in Setrasari Plaza A2.

K2S’s teachers do not only teach students to learn English. They also

help develop students’ intellectual, emotional, and creative skills.

The vision of the instituition is to create an English education center

with a new fun way of learning for students. K2S’s mission is learning

while playing and interacting with others. K2S also helps to develop the

students’ self-esteem, creativity, and concentration.

Today, K2S is quite well-known to people in Bandung. It has been

proved by the increase of the number of students every month. K2S also

maintains its quality by providing qualified teachers and interesting lessons

for the students. Therefore, there are many students at K2S who have

already been studying there for a few years.

E. Method of Study

The methods that I use to gather data for this term paper are doing

observation, writing notes in my internship journal, doing library research,

browsing the Internet, and interviewing. I did the observation during

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the way the teachers taught the students. Then, I wrote down my

observation during my internship in a journal. At that moment, I wrote

about the activities and the problems that happened during my internship.

Afterwards, I did some library research by reading a few books. Besides

doing library research, I also browsed some theories from the Internet to

support my statements. Moreover, I interviewed the teachers in K2S to get

information about the students’ characteristics in their classes.

F. Limitation of the Study

I limit my research to four students only who are unmotivated in their

study when I did my internship at K2S in Setrasari Plaza A2, Bandung.

Two of the students are four and seven years old and the others are ten

years old. My analysis in this term paper is about the causes, the effects

and the solutions to the problem. This analysis is based on my experience

while I did my internship at K2S from January 8th until February 13th 2009.

G. Organization of the Term Paper

This term paper starts with the Abstract, a short summary of the whole

term paper in bahasa Indonesia. The Abstract is followed by the

Declaration of Originality; after that is the Acknowledgements, which

contains my expression of gratitude to those who have helped and

supported me during my process in doing term paper; then there is the

Table of Contents, which is followed by four chapters. Chapter 1 is the

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3 contains the potential solutions for the problem, and then Chapter 4 is

the Conclusion, which contains the chosen solutions for the problem and

my suggestions. Next is the Bibliography, which contains the sources of

information used in the whole work. And the last part is the Appendices,

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

While teaching, a teacher often finds that there are students who have

no motivation in their study. It will obstruct the learning process and will

make the students get a bad achievement in their study. The students do

not pay attention to the lesson. They also will do their task slowly and even

cannot finish it. Therefore, a teacher should be able to overcome this

problem in order to increase students’ motivation.

The students become unmotivated in their study because of some

causes. It can be because the way their teachers explain the lessons is

not clear, the standard of material is too high, and the environment is

inconvenient for study. After knowing the causes of student becoming

unmotivated, teachers can choose the right solution to deal with the

problem.

In this chapter, I state and explain the chosen solution from the three

potential solutions that I have analyzed in the previous chapters. The best

solution for the problem of dealing with unmotivated students at K2S is a

combination of changing the way teachers explain and providing students

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Pintrich (314) states that a teacher’s explanation affects students’

motivation. Changing the way teachers explain also influences the way

students study and also helps increase students’ motivation. Clear

explanations will make students understand and study better. Providing a

good environment is also important for the students to study. A quiet and

silent place is a good environment to make students study well. It will

make students can be more motivated to study.

In my opinion, the combination of these two solutions changing the way

teachers explain and providing students with a good environment is better

than only choosing one of them. For example, teachers explain in good

way which makes the students understand the lesson. However, if the

environment is not comfortable for study, such as there is a lot of noise,

the students can find it difficult to follow the explanation from the teachers.

The other solution, that is, the standardization of the lesson with students’

capabilities is not chosen because the students can still be motivated in

their study if the teacher can explain the lesson well. Therefore, the

combination of solutions of changing the way teachers explain and

providing the students with a good environment can motivate students

better to study well.

At the end of this term paper, I want the readers to know that dealing

with unmotivated students is not easy. Besides the teachers’ help,

students still need help from others to motivate them to study, such as

parents when they are studying. Parents can help students when they are

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when studying, or create a good environment without distraction. However,

by applying the solutions given, I hope that unmotivated students can

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