ABSTRACT
Setiap guru pasti mengalami berbagai masalah dalam kegiatan belajar mengajarnya, apalagi guru baru yang belum mengetahui sikap dan
tingkah laku murid-muridnya. Berdasarkan apa yang saya alami saat magang di Tumble Tots, saya merasa kesulitan dalam menangani murid-murid yang sulit berkonsentrasi dalam belajar di dalam kelas.
TABEL OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT... i
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iii
TABEL OF CONTENTS ... iv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ... 1-5
A. Background of the Study B. Identification of the Problem
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study D. Description of the Institution
E. Method of the Study F. Limitation of the Study
G. Organization of the Term Paper
CHAPTER II. PROBLEM ANALYSIS ... 6-8
CHAPTER III. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ... 9-13
CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION ...14-15
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX :
FLOWCHART
Causes of the problem :- Students feel tired
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.Background of the Study
Nowadays, many pre-schools have introduce English language as the
medium of instruction. Based on an article in Newsweek newspaper in
February 1996, "A child taught a second language after the age of 10 or
so is unlikely ever to speak it like a native." It means children can absorb,
understand and speak the foreign language effectively before the age of
ten. This statement is supported by linguists and has been proven in
extensive research studies. That is why many parents start sending their
kids to learn English language. However, sometimes students of three to
five-year old cannot concentrate well,because they still like to play with
anything around them instead of studying. This is supported by
ArticleBase’s statement,” Children at the early age (3-5 y.o) would prefer
playing around rather than studying lessons which definitely make them
feel bored with it, and afterwhich they cannot concentrate on it.” That is
why the students do not want to study, and they get bored with the lesson,
at Tumble Tots, I found the same problem that became my concern. The
problem is about handling children who are difficult to concentrate on
classroom lessons. Therefore, I chose the topic “Handling three to
four-year old children who find difficulty in concentrating on classroom lesson”.
I would like to know more about this problem and find some logical
solutions that might solve the problem and create a better learning
situation in classroom to make the children easy to concentrate.
In this term paper I would like to analyze the causes and the effects of
the problem. In the next chapter, I will explain about three potential
solutions to solve the problem.
B. Identification of the Problem
There are some aspects which cause the lack of the concentration of
the children. I try to figure out some questions that could analyze the main
problem. Here are some questions to analyze the problem.
1. Why did the students at Tumble Tots find it hard to concentrate on
classroom lessons?
2. How can this situation influence the students’ performance?
3. How should the teacher handle the students with difficulty in
concentrating at Tumble Tots to have better concentration on
classroom lessons?
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study
There are some objectives and benefits that teachers, parents and
to find the causes that make the children difficult to concentrate on
classroom lessons and the best solutions to solve that problem.
There are some benefits that teachers at Tumble Tots, me, and the
readers can have. The first benefit is that the best solutions might be
useful for me someday when I become a teacher. The second benefit is
that I hope the readers, especially the teachers at Tumbe Tots, who have
ever experienced the same problem, can use the solutions to solve the
problem.
D. Description of the Institution
Tumble Tots is a pre-school established in 1979 by Bill Cosgrave in the
United Kingdom which uses English as the mother tongue. Its name is
taken from two words which is tumble and tot, with a mission to help and
develop children’s personality through physical process to be independent,
confident, respectful, and able to work with others. Its curriculum has been
specially designed to help children to learn English.
Up till now, this institution has been expanded in several countries such
as in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Every branch has five
classes which are Gymbabes, Walking to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 class, and Right
Steps class.
Tumble Tots in Bandung is located at Jl. Maulana Yusuf no.8 and now
it has opened a new subsidiary in Jl.Galunggung with Mrs. Fedya as the
head master. Tumble Tots has planned to open other subsidiaries in other
E. Method of the Study
There are five methods that I use to get data for this term paper. The
first one is by doing interviews with the teachers at Tumble Tots, asking
about the students’ problems, the institutions’ background and also the
characteristic of the children. The second one is by doing observation
during classroom session. I help the teachers to handle several classes
everyday and find some problems that might be interesting to be written.
The third one is by doing interview with the parents to know about the
personality of the children, their behavior and also their habits. The fourth
method is doing research to find some solutions and also theories to solve
the problem. The last method is browsing internet to find other solutions
and theories.
F. Limitation of the Study
I did my observation on seven students of 3 to 4 years of age in
Tumble Tots Pre-school classroom.This was during my internship since
July 1st 2010 until August 14th 2010. I prefered doing my observation in the
classroom because I faced the problem when I taught in the classroom.
G. Organization of the Term Paper
This term paper starts with an Abstract which resumes the whole parts
of this term paper. Declaration of Originality page comes after the Abstract
and followed by Acknowledgements and also Table of Contents. The main
part of this term paper is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is
designed to give information about the background of the study,
description of the institution, method of the study, limitation of the study,
and organization of the term paper. The next chapter consists of problem
analysis which analyzes the causes and effects of the problem. The third
chapter consists of potential solutions that are helpful to solve the
problem. The last chapter consists of conclusion which is the summary of
CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
The students at Tumble Tots have difficulty in concentrating on lessons
because of three causes. The three causes are: the students feel tired
because of too many activities, the students’ concentration is distracted by
other students’ noisy sound, and the students get bored with the lesson.
These causes have some effects which are the students cannot study
well, the lesson will not progress significantly, and students’ performance
will decrease. To handle this problem there are some solutions. The first
solution is teacher gives break time. The second solution is teacher
teaches using interesting visual elements. The third solution is teacher
uses various teaching techniques to attract students’ attention. The best
solution from the three potential solutions discussed in the previous
chapter are the combination of the first potential solution, which is teacher
gives break time and the second potential solution which is teacher
teaches using interesting visual teaching aids.
By giving break time and the teacher teaches using interesting visual
because they can enjoy the learning process. When students have too
much activities, it makes them tired and they need break time to refresh
their minds. The break time can make them relax their minds. As a result,
they can continue studying by focusing and concentrating on the lesson.
The other solution is teacher teaches using interesting visual teaching
aids. It has been noted that colorful pictures and textbooks can help to
attract students’ attention. In addition, students respond much more
quickly to visual teaching aids. Basically, every child like to learn by sense
of seeing. As a result, using interesting visual teaching aids can attract
students’ attention to the lesson and also help students to understand the
lesson more easily because by seeing the real object, it can make
students focus on the lesson.
Students’ difficulty in concentrating on lessons can be a disturbing
problem to a teacher who does not really know how to handle the problem.
The three potential solutions mentioned in the previous chapter may be
useful to solve the problem. Nevertheless, the outcome of the solutions
cannot be seen in a short time. Teachers should be patient when applying
these solutions because students cannot adapt these solutions quickly.
However, once the students get their concentration back, the process of
the learning will be easier and the students will also understand the
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