Solis Setiyani, 2014
Teaching English to efl young learners trough children poetry
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER i
APPROVAL SHEET ... ii
DECLARATION ... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iv
ABSTRACT ... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vi
TABLE OF FIGURES ... viii
TABLE OF EXCERPTS ix TABLE OF APPENDICES ... x
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW ... 9
2.1 Constructivism, Interactionism and CLT: The Rationales ... 9
2.2 Children Poetry ... 13
2.2.1 Definition ... 14
2.2.2 Types of poetry ... 15
2.2.3 Poetic devices ... 19
2.2.4 The importance of teaching EFL young learners through children poetry ... 23
2.3 Models of Teaching Literature in EFL Classroom ... 28
2.3.1 Language-based approach to using poetry in EFL young learners’ class ... 29
2.4 Instructional Interaction in Poetry Class ... 44
2.4.1 Teacher-student interaction ... 44
Solis Setiyani, 2014
Teaching English to efl young learners trough children poetry
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2.4.3 Reader-text interaction ... 46
2.5 Children’s Responses to Children Poetry ... 47
2.6 Conclusions 51 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 52
3.1 Preliminary Study ... 52
3.2 Research Design ... 54
3.3 Research Site and Participants ... 55
3.4 Data Collection Techniques ... 58
3.4.1 Non-participant observations ... 58
3.4.2 Video recording ... 59
3.4.3 Document collection ... 60
3.4.4 In-depth interviews ... 60
3.5 Data Analysis ... 61
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ... 63
4.1 Description of Research Participants ... 63
4.2 Teaching English through Children Poetry: The Process Exploration .... 74
4.2.1 Teacher: the organizer and the enabler ... 74
4.2.2 The poetry: it made the learning interesting ... 92
4.2.3 Instructional interactions: inspiring and inspired ... 98
4.2.4 Three in one: covering three learners’s aspect in the learning process ... 103
4.2.4.1 Fostering language and cognitive development ... 103
4.2.4.2 Facilitating emotional and social needs ... 110
4.2.4.3 Physical involvement ... 113
4.3 Identifying Children’s Responses ... 115
4.3.1 EFL young learners: enjoying fun activities with children poetry 115 4.3.2 The EFL Young Learners’ Responses toward children poetry .... 117
4.3.2.1 Thinking about children poetry: verbalizing thoughts by pictures and words ... 118
4.3.2.2 Feeling expressions: non-verbal responses took over ... 121
4.3.2.3 Being conscious of poetry Sound and emotion ... 123
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ... 126
5.1 Conclusions ... 126
5.2 Recommendations ... 127
REFERENCES ... 129
Solis Setiyani, 2014
Teaching English to efl young learners trough children poetry
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Figure 3.1. The result of preliminary study of the EFL young learners’
attitude toward poetry ... 53
Figure 4.1. The EFL young learners’ attitude toward poetry after joining the research class ... 88
Picture 2.1. ‘Key’ by Tonny Mitton, a shape poetry ... 19
Picture 4.1. The illustration of ‘A Wolf is at the Laundromat’ by Ara, Dee, and Gil ... 79
Picture 4.2. Ara’s riddle ... 86
Picture 4.3. The vocabulary internalization within the EFL young learners’ poem ... 104
Picture 4.4. The EFL young learner’s linguistic development ... 108
Picture 4.5. Dee’s acrostic ... 114
Solis Setiyani, 2014
Teaching English to efl young learners trough children poetry
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu TABLE OF EXCERPTS
Excerpt 4.1 ... 69
Excerpt 4.2 ... 71
Excerpt 4.3 ... 73
Excerpt 4.4 ... 76
Excerpt 4.5 ... 80
Excerpt 4.6 ... 81
Excerpt 4.7 ... 82
Excerpt 4.8 ... 89
Excerpt 4.9 ... 90
Excerpt 4.10 ... 90
Excerpt 4.11 ... 98
Excerpt 4.12 ... 99
Excerpt 4.13 ... 101
Excerpt 4.14 ... 107
Solis Setiyani, 2014
Teaching English to efl young learners trough children poetry
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu TABLE OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1. The Result of Observations ... 136
Appendix 2. Children Response to Children Poetry in the Classroom ... 138
Appendix 3. Field Notes ... 142
Appendix 4. Syllabus ... 151
Appendix 5. Lesson Plans ... 154
Appendix 6. Learning Materials ... 169
Appendix 7. Children Illustration of ‘Mary’s Lamb’ ... 177
Appendix 8. Children Recipe Poems ... 179
Appendix 9. The Young Learners’ Works of Ordering Lines ... 182
Appendix 10. Children’s Riddles about Animals ... 183
Appendix 11. Children’s Poetry Illustrations ... 184
Appendix 12. The Young Learners’ Works of Answering Comprehension Questions ... 185
Appendix 13. The Young Learners’ Works of Gap-filling ... 186
Appendix 14. The Young Learners’ Poems about Parents ... 187
Appendix 15. The Young Learners’ Acrostics ... 189
Appendix 16. Interview Transcriptions ... 191
