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ABSTRACT

Ace Kids English Course merupakan salah satu tempat kursus Bahasa Inggris di kota Bandung dan mempunyai tujuan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan murid-muridnya dalam berbahasa Inggris. Namun belajar Bahasa Inggris memerlukan semangat yang tinggi, sehingga murid tidak hanya mampu menguasai Bahasa Inggris, tetapi juga memiliki

kepercayaan diri. Kepercayaan diri tanpa merasa gugup sangat diperlukan untuk penguasaan Bahasa Inggris.

Oleh sebab itu, saya memilih judul “The lack of self-confidence of pupils in speaking in English in Basic I Level at Ace Kids” untuk tugas akhir ini. Permasalahan di Ace Kids ini memiliki tiga sebab dan tiga akibat yang berdampak langsung pada murid-murid.

Saya juga akan menuliskan tiga kemungkinan solusi, yaitu guru

memberikan motivasi dengan menceritakan pengalaman atau “life stories”

pada murid-murid, guru berbicara tentang topik yang biasa dipergunakan tiap harinya, dan para guru juga dapat mengadakan aktivitas “speaking

marathon” pada para murid untuk mengasah kemampuan berbahasa Inggris sekaligus menyenangkan untuk dilakukan yang dapat mengatasi masalah kepercayaan diri para siswa dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris dengan baik di dalam ataupun luar kelas. Pada bab terakhir, saya akan memilih solusi terbaik untuk menumbuhkan kepercayaan diri para murid saat berbicara aktif dalam Bahasa Inggris.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT………i

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY………ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS………...iv

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION………..1

A. Background of the Study……….1

B. Identification of the Problem………...2

C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study………3

D. Description of the Institution………...4

E. Method of the Study……….4

F. Limitation of the Study……….5

G. Organization of the Term Paper……….5

CHAPTER II. PROBLEM ANALYSIS……….6-8

CHAPTER III. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS……….9-13

CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSIONS………14-15

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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FLOWCHART III. The learners are nervous to speak in English.

Problem The lack of self-confidence of pupils when speaking in English in the Basic I level at Ace Kids pupils of people who gained confidence and

II. The pupils can enjoy speaking in English. The teachers try to use everyday topics with the pupils related to everyday situations and activities.

Potential Positive Effects I. The pupils will know what they are going to say in English. II. The pupils feel confident to speak in English because

for the pupils at least twice during the course.

Potential Positive Effects I. The pupils feel enthusiastic to speak in English.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

In today’s globalization era, speaking in English is becoming more and

more important in order to have meaningful communication with people.

For learners of English, being able to speak well is very useful for various

aspects of their life in the future, such as business. For instance, when

people do business negotiations with foreign people, they have to speak

well in English. Good oral communication in English will influence the

learners to have good relationships with people from the foreign

community.

Having self-confidence and a positive thinking will help the learners to

speak English fluently. As Johnson says, “self-confidence is the first

requisite to great undertakings” (par. 1).

My topic in this term paper is about improving the self-confidence of the

learners in the Basic I level at Ace Kids (henceforth, AK). The research is

based on my teaching experience during one month in January 2008 at

Ace Kids in Astina Street, Bandung. For example, the pupils felt nervous

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when speaking in English in class. Thus, I desire that the Indonesian

learners of English between 12 and 14 years old be able to communicate

well in English, and I want to give motivation to them to develop to become

fluent and confident speakers of English.

B. Identification of the Problem

There are particular causes that some pupils do not have

self-confidence when speaking in English. Based on my experience in teaching

elementary pupils at AK, the problem is the need for pupils in the Basic I

level at AK to have self-confidence when speaking in English. This term

paper discusses the low level of self-confidence of these pupils and the

factors behind their lack of self-confidence. There are some aspects that I

will include in this term paper, namely:

1. What causes some pupils in Basic I level at AK to lack self-

confidence when they speak in English?

2. What are the effects of the lack of self-confidence of the pupils in Basic I

level at AK when they speak in English?

3. How is it possible to make the pupils in the Basic I level at AK more

confident when they speak in English?

C. Objectives and the Benefits of the Study

The objectives of this term paper, then, are as follows:

1. To know what causes lack of self-confidence for some of the pupils

in the Basic I level at AK when they speak in English.

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2. To know what the effects are of the lack of self-confidence of the pupils

in the Basic I level at AK when they speak in English.

3. To find some possible solutions to make the pupils in the Basic I level at

AK be more confident when they speak in English.

This term paper has benefits for AK and for the writer and readers of

this term paper, including readers who are teachers of English as well.

a. For Ace Kids

The teachers at AK will have benefits from reading this paper. The

teachers will be familiar with the reasons why the pupils in Basic I level at

AK do not want to speak in English. The teachers will also find possible

solutions to make the learners more confident and motivated to speak in

English; thus the teachers can apply one or more of these solutions to

improve pupils’ speaking in English.

b. For the writer

The advantages for me as the writer of this term paper are that I

understand better the difficulties of the pupils when they speak in English

and I gain more knowledge about how to help pupils become confident

speakers of English.

c. For the readers

The readers will also have benefits from reading this paper. The

readers who are teachers of English will know how to make the pupils

more confident to speak in English and can increase their knowledge

about teaching in an English course. The other readers can also use this

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information to help them choose a good English course for their family and

their friends, especially an English course that motivates the learners to

develop self-confidence when speaking in English.

D. Description of the Institution

Ace Kids is the name of an English course that began in Jakarta in

1998. AK commenced on April 1st 2002 in Bandung. It opened in two

places in Bandung. The first was in 87 Padjajaran Street, which moved in

January 2007 to 68 D Astina Street. The second, in Kopo Permai III 47A/

number 11, was opened on May 1st 2006.

Dra. Leony Siswati Tanama is the owner of Ace Kids in Jakarta and

Bandung. The vision of AK is for pupils to feel comfortable in speaking

English. For instance, it is hoped that the pupils can speak in English with

confidence and feel relaxed when they speak in English .The mission is to

develop pupils’ skills in English language. For example, pupils have

practice in speaking English, as one of the language skills.

E. Method of the Study

I have some data to evaluate from three sources, namely, book, my

apprenticeship journal, and the Internet. I needed about two months to find

the information, as I found it difficult to find appropriate book. In my journal,

I wrote information about some pupils who had problems in speaking in

English at AK. I wrote in my journal regularly when I did my

apprenticeship. On the Internet, I found solutions to motivate the learners

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F. Limitation of the Study

I will focus on finding out the ways to make the pupils of Basic I level at

AK in Astina Street in Bandung more confident in expressing their own

ideas verbally in English. The study is based on my apprenticeship there

are between 8 January and 1 February 2008. The age of the four learners

in the Basic I level are between 12 and 14 years of age.

G. Organization of the Term Paper

The first part of this term paper is the Introduction, which explains

the lack of self-confidence of the pupils in Basic I level at AK. In the next

chapter, I will talk about the causes and effects of the learners’ lack of self

-confidence to speak in English. The third chapter gives some potential

solutions for the learners to make them more confident to speak in

English. The last chapter is the conclusion. In this chapter I will state the

best solution to solve the problem. The last part of the paper is

Bibliography, which presents all the sources used in this paper.

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

In the previous chapter, I have discussed about some causes and

effects of lack of self-confidence of pupils when speaking in English in the

Basic I level at AK. The causes of the problem are the pupils do not enjoy

English conversation, the pupils do not have a wide vocabulary for

speaking in English and the learners are nervous to speak in English.

Besides, the effects are the learners find it difficult to speak in English, and

the pupils do not know how to say what is in their minds in English

language, as they tend to translate from their mother tongue into English.

There are three potential solutions to solve this problem. The first

potential solution is the teachers give motivation by sharing life-stories with

the pupils. Besides this, the second potential solution is the teachers can

try to use everyday topics with the pupils. The last or third potential

solution is the teachers conduct a “speaking marathon” at least twice

during the course for the pupils. I choose one of the three solutions in this

chapter. I select telling life-stories as my best solution for the problem of

lack self-confidence when speaking in English in the Basic I level at AK.

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“A life story is, simply, a person's story of his or her life, or of what he or

she thinks is a significant part of that life”, says Jeff Todd Titon (par. 1). I

choose telling life-stories to solve the problem of lack of self-confidence

because by telling life-stories, the pupils will be able to speak in English,

as telling life-stories give them spirit to speak in English.Compared to

solution 2 and solution 3, solution 1 can better solve the problem of

students’ lack of self confidence. In Solution 2, this solution can make

pupils will know what they are going to say short sentences in English

about everyday situations. But the pupils only focus on standard

conversation to speak in English. In solution 3, pupils feel enthusiastic to

speak in English. However, the pupils are only enthusiastic when the

teachers ask them to speak in English in the speaking marathon.

There are benefits for the pupils using life-stories as the best solution.

The pupils feel more comfortable and are happy with the speaking class.

Moreover, the pupils can enjoy speaking in English. It can also build up the

pupils’ spirit to speak in English.

To conclude this chapter, I find telling life-stories as the best solution

for the problem of the lack of self-confidence in the Basic I level at AK.

Actually, I choose this as the best solution for the problem as a way to

both make pupils have self-confidence and also enjoy to in speaking in

English.

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Printed Source

Candlin, Christopher, ed. Getting Students to Talk. Englewood Cliffs:

Prentice Hall, 1987.

Electronic Sources

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Johnson, Samuel. “English Poet.” 1784 Thinkexist.com. 18 February

2010 http://thinkexist.com/quotations/self-confidence/2.html

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Learners to Speak in Class.” 26 Feb. 2008. EzineArticles.com.

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Martin, David. “How to Get Your Students to Speak 100% English.” 2003

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