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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
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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