How To Make The Students Pay Attention To The Teachers At ACE Kids.

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ABSTRACT

Dalam setiap proses belajar mengajar, kadang-kadang para guru dan murid akan mengalami beberapa masalah. Salah satunya adalah

kesulitan para guru untuk mendapatkan perhatian dari para muridnya di dalam kelas. Pada tugas akhir ini saya akan membahas tentang

penyebab-penyebab dari masalah ini dan menjelaskan beberapa dampak yang timbul dari masalah tersebut, serta mencari beberapa solusi yang tepat untuk dapat menyelesaikan masalah ini.

Pada saat magang saya juga menghadapi beberapa masalah antara lain yang berkaitan dengan kurangnya perhatian murid terhadap apa yang diberikan oleh guru di saat kursus berlangsung, kurangnya perhatian dari orang tua terhadap anak-anaknya, ketidaktertarikan murid terhadap pelajaran Bahasa Inggris, dan pengajaran yang kurang menarik bagi murid sehingga membuat para murid jenuh. Beberapa penyebab ini menimbulkan dampak seperti anak-anak mulai berkelakuan nakal untuk mendapat perhatian lebih atau mereka menjadi malas untuk datang ke tempat kursus.

Setelah mencari beberapa solusi yang saya dapat dari beberapa buku referensi dan data-data dari Internet, saya menemukan beberapa solusi dan membandingkannya satu sama lain. Solusi terbaik yang saya ambil adalah guru harus melakukan pendekatan dan memberikan banyak perhatian kepada para murid sehingga murid merasa bahwa mereka mendapatkan perhatian yang cukup dari gurunya sehingga dapat terjalin hubungan yang baik antara kedua belah pihak.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

English is spoken throughout the world. Many countries use English as the first language; some others use it as the second language.

In Indonesia, English has been one of the major subjects taught at all schools and nowadays English is even taught at kindergartens. Therefore, there are many English courses for children in Indonesia and many

parents enrolls their children into an English course because they hope that their children will learn more English skills than what they get from the formal school. They are very aware that mastering English will be very useful for their children’s future.

Nevertheless, teaching children English is not an easy job. When the teaching-learning activity starts, it is not only the students who have

problems, but the teachers and the parents also face some problems. I did my internship on July 17 until August 14, 2007 at Ace Kids. My position is an assistant teacher to Ms. Odhe. When I taught the students there, I found many problems, one of the problems is my students did not pay attention to lesson that their teacher gave, therefore I choose the topic

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“How to Make the Students Pay Attention to the Teachers at Ace Kids” for my final term paper.

B. Statement of the Problem

Based on the background of the study, I want to find the best solution for the problem that I faced during my internship in Ace Kids English Course. So on the following questions help me to focus in my analysis: 1. Why do not the students pay attention during the teaching-learning process?

2. Why do the students always act naughtily and disturb their friends in the class?

3. What should the teachers do to solve this problem?

C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study

The objective of the study is I want to find the causes of the problem that I faced during my internship at Ace Kids. I got a lot of information from my supervisor, Ms.Odhe and other teachers in Ace Kids, and also the information from some reference books, and articles on the Internet. From all information I get, I think I am able to analyze the problem and find the best way to solve it.

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performance and the students’ education standard. The benefits for me are I can solve the problem and get attention from my students, and the most important thing is the teaching-learning activity can go smoothly.

D. Description of the Institution

Ace Kids was firstly established in Jakarta by Dra. Leony Siswati Tanama in 1998 with its slogan “Ace Kids starts with the end in mind”, which means that the students, who studies at Ace Kids and who do not really know about English language, will learn and be able to speak using English as a means of communication and Ace Kids will teach all the English skills practically and theoretically as well. Therefore, when the students do not study in Ace Kids anymore, they will still be capable of using English language. The students in Ace Kids is mixed age between 6 until 14 years old, it means from elementary school until junior high school. On April 1st, 2002, Dra. Leony opened Ace Kids’ first branch at Jalan Pajajaran no.87 Bandung. And then on May 1st, 2006, the Second Branch was opened at Jalan Kopo Permai III 47A no.11 Bandung, and the third branch was opened at Jalan Astina no 68D. However, Ace Kids in Jalan Pajajaran was closed due to the small building, as it could not provide enough space to accommodate the students who wanted to learn in Ace Kids. At present, there are approximately 100 students who have joined the course at Ace Kids, with 8 teachers, including the owner,

Ms.Rhimelda, and two receptionists.

Ace Kids is an English course which focuses on teaching of English

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vocabulary, writing, reading, conversation, listening, and grammar. The three-floor building in Ace Kids Astina is completed with teaching

equipment, such as: whiteboards, colorful markers, color pencils, TV sets, DVD players, cassette players, CD player, cards and board games such as scrabble. Each Ace Kids branch is divided into 13 classes, based on the children’s ability and their grade at school, such as: Toddy, Joey, Kiddy, Pre-Basic, Basic 1, Basic 2, Basic 3, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Intermediate 3, Advance 1, Advance 2, and Advance 3.

E. Method of the Study

F. Limitations of the Study

I will find out what exactly are the causes of the problem that I faced by gathering some information from my internship journal I wrote, some

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discussion with other teachers, especially my supervisor at Ace Kids, Ms.Odhe. Afterwards, I will conclude and choose the best solution to solve this problem.

G. Organization of the Term Paper

This final-term paper is based on my own experience as an assistant teacher in Ace Kids. I started writing this term-paper by making a flowchart of my problem in Indonesian language and then translating it into English. This final term paper consists of Abstract, which contains the summary of this final term paper in the Indonesian Language. The Declaration of Originality is my declaration as a writer about the authenticity of this final term paper. The Acknowledgements contains my gratitude to those who have helped me in this final term paper process. Table of Contents

contains the details of this final term paper and the four Chapters. The four chapters are Chapter I, the introduction, which contains the background of my study, the reason why I choose the topic for my final term paper and the complete explanation of the topic that I chose, the statement of the problem and the objectives and benefits from this study for the institution, In this chapter I also write about the description of the institution, the limitation, and the organization of this term paper. In Chapter II, I write about the analysis of the problem and many factors that are relevant with the causes of this problem, with theories that will be used to support my analysis. And in Chapter III, I analyze some possible solutions, including their positive and negative effects. After that, In Chapter IV, I choose the

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSIONS

After comparing the three solutions and knowing the positive and negative effects from each solution, I chose the best solution for the problem of how to make the students pay attention to the teacher at Ace Kids that I faced during my internship.

The best solutions to solve this problem are the first and second solution. In the first solution, the teacher should try to get closer with the students by sharing some stories, being a good listener to avoiding gaps between the teacher and the students, and giving more attention to the students patiently. In the second solution, the teacher should improve the teaching technique. In order to make the students feel more excited and interested in learning English in the course, the teacher can use games like scrabble or watching some movies. So, by applying these two solutions, the relationship between the teachers and the students will become better and closer. Besides that, the students will be more

obedient. They will feel interested and excited to come and learn and also pay attention in the class. Moreover, since the environment in class becomes more convenient, the teaching-learning process will run fluently

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and the students may get better marks

Besides the positive effects, these two solutions also have some negative effects. For example the teacher needs much patience and extra time to get closer to the students and upgrade the teaching technique. However, this solution still can be implemented in Ace Kids if the teachers can be more patient and giving extra time to the student and also Ace Kids have more budgets to improve their equipments. Nevertheless, the

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