Handling Three Disruptive Students in B2 Class at TK Angkasa 1.

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ABSTRACT

Mengajar anak-anak usia empat sampai enam tahun atau Taman Kanak-Kanak tidaklah mudah. Dalam proses belajar mengajar ada banyak kesulitan yang dihadapi di dalam kelas. Salah satu kesulitan yang saya hadapi selama kegiatan magang saya di TK Angkasa 1 khususnya di kelas B2 adalah saya mengalami kesulitan dalam menangani tiga anak yang sering mengganggu di kelas. Tingkah laku mengganggu ini sangat tidak sesuai dengan kegiatan belajar mengajar di kelas.

Menurut hasil pengamatan dan analisa di kelas, ada beberapa faktor yang dapat menyebabkan kesulitan saya dalam menghadapi tiga anak ini.

Penyebab yang pertama adalah kurangnya pengalaman saya dalam

mengajar anak-anak di Taman Kanak-Kanak, ditambah lagi dengan adanya anak yang mempunyai kebiasaan mengganggu di kelas. Selain itu hanya ada seorang guru di kelas B2 yang berjumlah enam belas anak. Masalah ini menyebabkan beberapa dampak yaitu wali kelas di kelas B2 berkata bahwa kelas ini sangat berisik dan kurang teratur, saya membutuhkan banyak waktu dan harus memberikan perhatian lebih untuk menangani anak-anak, dan masalah ini berpengaruh kurang baik terhadap anak-anak lain dan nilai akademis dikelas.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Nowadays English has become more and more important. English is studied by even young children and has been used in a lot of subjects. That is why the number of people who study this language keeps

increasing. Young children, even kindergarten students, have started to be taught English at school. As stated in an article entitled “The Importance of

English in Children’s Life” that as a subject, standard English is crucial for

children to learn. Learning English as soon as possible will help them with reading such as reading subtitles while watching films, and communication skills such as communicating with friends and teachers (par. 1).

In January 2014, I had an internship at TK Angkasa. I taught

kindergarten students of 5 to 6 years old. When I had my internship in B2 class at TK Angkasa 1, I found several problems in my class. For example, having difficulties in teaching pronunciation and reading, and handling disruptive students. In this paper, I would like to analyze and focus on one problem which will become my topic. The topic is I had difficulty in

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The reason why I choose this topic is because the three disruptive students always made trouble in class. As stated in an article entitled

“Discipline in your English Language Teaching Class”, the problem that is

often found in English language class is disruptive students who complain, interrupt, and mess around (par. 11).

Kindergarten students are very interested in something new and they have many ideas in their mind. They also enjoy talking and asking many questions about something that appears in their mind. As Kathryn Hatter described in the article “Preschool Classroom Decoration Ideas”,

“preschool children are naturally curious and creative” (1). However, the

problem happened when I was given the time to teach the English subject in B2 class without any help from other teachers. B2 class had sixteen students and three of them were very disruptive. Those three students had different characteristics from the other students. The three students

always talked a lot, refused to follow my instructions, talked when I was talking, hit the other students, threw a book or tore it and insisted on having what they wanted when they wanted it. According to Maryln Appelbaum in her article entitled “How to Handle Children Who Are Disruptive”, students can disrupt the classroom by complaining or

interrupting, chatting, getting into fights, and being persistent (1).

Moreover, Dee Willis also states in an article entitled “Early Signs of Social Behavior Problems in Kindergarten” that disorderly and destructive

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These statements strengthen my conclusion that the three students from B2 class are disruptive students.

After I choose this topic, the questions which come to my mind is why the disruptive students were problematic in class and if there are any solutions to solve the problem. There must be some causes which lead to them being disruptive in class. This topic will be very interesting to discuss because this problem has several causes and effects, which will be

explained later. Furthermore, there will be several potential solutions that can be used to solve this problem.

B. Identification of the Problem

When I had my internship in B2 class at TK Angkasa 1, I found several problems. One of the problems that I am going to discuss is I had difficulty in handling three disruptive students in class during my internship. After analyzing the problem, I come up with several questions.

1. Why is it difficult for me to handle the three disruptive students in B2 class?

2. How does the problem of handling the three disruptive students affect the other students and my teaching performance?

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C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

The objective or the purpose of writing this term paper it is expected to become the printed source of guidance of how to handle disruptive

students. It will be useful for TK Angkasa 1 as the institution where I did my Internship since the other teachers there will be able to identify the causes and the effects of disruptive students in class. In addition, the other teachers may be able to apply the potential solutions that I have analyzed in this term paper.

When I have the chance to teach kindergarten students again, it will be easier for me to handle disruptive students because this term paper can be the guidance for me in handling them.

D. Description of the Institution

Based on the interview I did with Euis Hayati as the homeroom teacher

in B2 class, TK Angkasa was built by Yayasan Angkatan Udara Husein Bandung in 1977. It is located at Jalan Padjajaran no 148 Bandung.

Besides kindergarten school, there are also elementary school, junior high school, and SMK. TK Angkasa 1 has been renovated a lot much in

building structure and has develop in organization sector. Currently, this school is led by Praemi Sanggiani as the headmistress. There are ten teachers and three staff who work for this kindergarten school.

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TK Angkasa 1 has vision and missions. The vision is to build religious, intelligent, skilled, and independent characters in the children. The

missions are to develop the religious characters in children, to guide the children to always care about the environment, to plant a sense of pride in their own culture, and to guide the children to know about nationalism. The information about visions and missions are hung in the pictures in the headmistress office at TK Angkasa 1 (see appendix).

E. Method of the Study

The methods written in this term paper are taken from a book, internet articles, journal, and interview. Euis Hayati as the homeroom teacher in B2 class at TK Angkasa 1 is the interview sources for this term paper. The journal is based on my internship at TK Angkasa from 13th January until 28th February 2014.

F. Limitation of the Study

The subject to be observed is the three disruptive kindergarten

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G. Organization of the Term Paper

The first chapter of this term paper explains the description of TK Angkasa 1, and also the introduction about this term paper. The second chapter discusses the problem analysis that I found in the B2 class during my internship. It also explains the causes and effects of my difficulty in handling three disruptive students. The third chapter discusses the potential solutions that will be useful to handle the three disruptive

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

As I have explained in the previous chapter, the problem that I found while doing an internship is I had difficulty in handling three disruptive students in B2 class at TK Angkasa 1. This problem was caused by two factors and it led to three negative effects. The first cause is I was lacking in experience in handling disruptive students. The second cause is I was the only teacher in B2 class, which was not enough to handle all the students. Those two causes of my problem have three negative effects during my internship. The first effect is the homeroom teacher told me that B2 class was noisy and unorganized. The second effect is I had to put extra time and attention to handle the students. The third effect is the other students were influenced and they got bad marks in exercises. For

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students who behave well in class. The third potential solution is I will give educational games that involve physical activities to the students.

After I analyze and review the positive and negative effect of the three potential solutions, the combination of these three potential solutions is the best solution to help me handle the three disruptive students in class. When I teach the class in a team teaching with teacher from other class, it will be easy to handle the students because there are two teachers in the classroom. When I have to deal with one of the three disruptive students, the other teacher will help me to handle the other students in class. Giving rewards and praises can also be another option to encourage the

disruptive students to behave well. The disruptive students will be motivated to keep their good habits during the class to get rewards. Educational games including physical activities will also keep their attention in the lesson. When the disruptive students begin to make trouble in class, the educational games will distract their attention from being disruptive to being focused on the activity. They will prefer being involved in the educational games than being disruptive. Therefore, the combination of the three potential solutions is the best solution to my problem.

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