Dealing With Incompetence Teacher Assistant To Teach English in Calf Class At TK Bintang Mulia, Bandung.

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ABSTRACT

Berdasarkan pengalaman magang di TK Bintang Mulia sebagai salah satu staf pengajar, saya memutuskan untuk membahas mengenai asisten guru yang tidak siap mengajar bahasa Inggris untuk anak-anak berumur 3-4 tahun di Calf class.

Saya menganalisa masalah yang saya temukan di dalam kelas disertai sebab akibat yang ditimbulkan dari masalah tersebut. Penyebab yang pertama adalah asisten guru tersebut adalah lulusan bahasa Mandarin, sehingga tidak mempunyai kemampuan untuk mengajar bahasa Inggris. Penyebab yang kedua adalah asisten guru tersebut tidak melakukan persiapan sebelum kelas dimulai. Hal ini berdampak pada cara mengajar guru tersebut. Selain itu, saya juga menganalisa beberapa pilihan solusi yang sesuai dengan permasalahan saya. Solusi-solusi tersebut adalah asisten guru tersebut sebaiknya melakukan persiapan mengajar sebelum kelas dimulai, asisten guru tersebut sebaiknya mengikuti kursus bahasa inggris, dan solusi terakhir adalah sekolah sebaiknya mencari guru baru untuk mengajar bahasa Inggris.

Setelah menganalisa masalah yang saya temukan dan berbagai pilihan solusi yang ada, saya pun membahas mengenai pilihan solusi yang tepat untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut. Pilihan solusi yang saya pilih adalah asisten guru tersebut sebaiknya melakukan persiapan sebelum kelas dimulai dan mengikuti kursus bahasa Inggris.

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FLOWCHART

Problem: The teacher assistant in

Calf class is not ready to teach English lesson for children of 3-4 years

old.

Effects:

1. The students lose concentration.

2. The students will not understand the lesson.

Causes:

1. The teacher assistant did not have knowledge of English language.

2. The teacher assistant did not make any preparation before the class.

1. The teacher assistant will be more ready to teach. 2. The teacher assistant can teach more smoothly.

Potential Negative Effects: 1. The teacher assistant will spend more time to make lesson plan.

2. The teacher assistant will be rigid to the lesson plan.

Potential Solution II:

1. The teacher assistant will be able to speak English better.

2. The teacher assistant can teach English more

confidently.

Potential Negative Effects:

1. It will take the teacher assistant’s time to attend the

course.

2. The teacher assistant should spend more money.

1. The school will spend more money for the salary of the English teacher.

2. The school needs time to find a new teacher

Chosen Solution: The teacher assistant should prepare the lesson before the class and attend an English

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

In order to be competent in English, people must experience a learning

process during their lives. They need to practice English much, do many

exercises and apply it daily. For those who may be wanting to be an

English teacher, they even need to practice teaching English more often.

Jennifer Wagaman states that “Student teaching, or practice teaching, is

one of the most important and formative experience of every

teacher-in-training” (par. 1). By having a lot of practice in teaching English, the

teacher would gain a lot of experience in teaching students English.

However, sometimes the process does not run smoothly.

This happened when I did my internship at TK Bintang Mulia. Basically,

there is a home room teacher and one teacher assistant in every class in

this school. I did some observation to notice the teaching process there. I

notice that the home room teacher will teach English every Monday,

Wednesday, and Friday. Meanwhile, the teacher assistant will teach

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During my observation, I recognized that the teacher assistant was not

ready to teach English for children of three to four years old. After I did an

informal interview with her, I found out that she was graduated from

Mandarin department. The fact that she was graduated from Mandarin

department, makes me realize that it must be hard for her to teach an

English lesson well.

Considering the important role of a teacher to teach the student in

the learning process, in this term-paper, I would like to analyze the reason

why the teacher assistant is not ready to teach English, what are the

effects of that problem and how she can be more ready in teaching

English.

B. Identification of the Problem

The problem that I am going to analyze will be summarized in the

following questions:

1. Why is the teacher assistant in Calf class not ready to teach

English?

2. What are the effects of an unprepared teacher assistant to the

children?

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C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

The objectives of the study are described in the following sentences.

The first is to find out the causes of why the teacher assistant in Calf class

is not ready to teach English. The second objective is to find out the

effects of the unprepared teacher for her students. In addition, the

objective is to find out the ways to be a better prepared teacher especially

in teaching English.

The benefit for the teacher assistant of TK Bintang Mulia is she can be

more prepared when she has to teach English; therefore the lesson will be

delivered well. For the readers, especially for the people who want to

become a teacher in the future, this study could be useful as their

references. This study will also make them realize the importance of

educational background in relation to their job. Finally, for myself in writing

the term paper, I can get the knowledge on how to be a good English

teacher for children of three to four years old.

D. Description of the Institution

TK Bintang Kecil started in 1997, but since 2009 TK Bintang Kecil

changed its name into TK Bintang Mulia. TK Bintang Mulia (henceforth, TK

BM) is located in Jl. Kopo Permai I Blok A no.0. TK BM is an educational

institution which is established and programmed to give English to young

learners. TK BM does not only provide English lesson, but also some other

lessons like Indonesian, Mandarin, mathematics, art, sports, science, and

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independent, have character and to have faith in God, in order to increase

their pleasure in learning.

The vision of TK BM is to provide education based on integrity,

transformative and holistic system which is supported by latest

professional supports. Besides the vision, TK BM also has a mission,

which is to become a leader in Christian education provider that focuses in

science and integrity.

E. Method of the Study

The topic of my term paper is based on the analysis of the problem that

I found when I was doing my internship last semester. The data was taken

based on my observation in the class during the teacher assistant taught

the children. I also did an informal interview with her. I would like to use my

observation and my experience to find the best solution to the topic that I

am going to discuss in my study. To support the analysis I take some

references from the library, online publications and my internship journal.

F. Limitation of the Study

The focus of my analysis is on one teacher assistant who has to teach

English at Calf class at TK BM. I observed her for three months. In order to

find the best solution, I will analyze the causes and the effects of the

problem, and the potential solutions to increase the English language

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G. Organization of the Term Paper

The term paper starts with the Abstract, and the next part is the

Declaration of Originality, which is followed by the Acknowledgement,

which contains the expression of gratitude to the people who are related to

the writing in this term paper. After that, I put the Table of Contents, which

presents the contents of term paper with the page number.

This term paper contains the following chapters. Chapter I explains the

introduction of the study. Chapter II explains all the causes and effects of

the problem. Chapter III explains the potential solutions related to the

causes of the problem. Chapter IV is about two suitable chosen solutions

which are supported with some theories and examples to solve the

problem.

The next part I will include Bibliography, which contains the sources of

all the theories that are used in the study, and Appendix, which contains

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

In the previous chapters, I have analyzed the problem that occurred

when I was doing my internship. The problem is the teacher assistant in

Calf class is not ready to teach English for children of 3-4 years old. The

causes of this problem are the teacher assistant was graduated from

Mandarin department and she did not make any preparation before the

class. The effects of the problems are first, the students lose

concentration, the second they will not understand the lesson. I provide

three potential solutions to solve the problem. There are, the teacher

assistant should prepare the lesson before the class, she should attend an

English course, and the school should find a new English teacher.

After analyzing the problem and the potential solutions, I would like to

present the most suitable solutions to solve the problem. I have combined

two potential solutions, which are the teacher assistant should prepare the

lesson before the class and she should attend an English course.

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By having a preparation before the class, she will be more ready to teach

and can teach more smoothly. In the beginning, it will take a lot of time for

her to prepare the lesson, but after a while she will need less time to do it

because she will have better experience in doing this. Second, by

attending an English course the teacher assistant will be able to speak

English better and she will teach more confidently.

I choose to combine these two potential solutions because by

preparing the lesson before the class, it will make the teacher assistant

more ready in teaching English. Furthermore, by attending an English

course it will improve her English language quality; therefore she will be

able to speak English better and can teach more confidently. By having

these two potential solutions, I believe it will improve the quality of her

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