ENGLISH TEACHING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS AT SD NO.1 MENGWITANI
KADEK DODIT SANJIVA CARYA 1218351069
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ARTS
UDAYANA UNIVERSITY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank the God for the blessing given to me, so that I can complete this study.
I would like to say thank you very much to Dr. I Gst. Ayu Gede Sosiowati, M.A. and Ni Ketut Alit Ida Setianingsih, S.S, M.Hum., my first and second supervisors respectively for their patience, assistance, and contribution in guiding me to write this paper.
My gratitude is also extended to all of the lecturers of English Department who have educated me and given me invaluable knowledge through my academic years at Faculty of Letters and Cultures, Udayana University.
I would like to express my gratitude to the Headmaster of SD No.1 Mengwitani with the teachers and staffs who helped me with my project.
I dedicate my best gratitude to my parents and my brothers who give me motivation and support to finish this study.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... ii
ABSTRACT ... v
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ... 1
1.2 Problems of Study ... 2
1.3 Aims of Study ... 2
1.4 Scope and Discussion ... 3
1.5 Research Method ... 3
1.5.1 Data Source... 3
1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data... 4
1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data... 4
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURES, CONCEPT AND THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 2.1 Literature Review ... 6
2.2 Views of Language... 9
2.2.1 Structural View... ... 9
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2.2.3 Interactional View... 10
2.3 Language Teaching... 10
2.4 Language Teaching Principles (The Approach, Methods, and Techniques Used in Foreign Language Teaching) ... 11
2.4.1 Approaches in Foreign Language Teaching... 12
2.4.2 Methods in Foreign Language Teaching... 14
2.4.3 Techniques in Language Teaching... 18
2.5. Roles of Foreign or Second Language Teacher... 19
2.6 Syllabus in Foreign Language Teaching... 21
2.7 Stages of Foreign Language Teaching... 22
2.7.1 Introducing New Language... 22
2.7.2 Practicing... 23
2.7.3 Communicative Activities... 24
2.8 Difficulties Faced by Foreign Language Teacher... 24
2.8.1 Learners (Students)... 25
2.8.2 Reference and Text Book... 25
2.8.3 Physical Surroundings... 27
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3.2 Profile of the SD No.1 Mengwitani... 29
3.2.1 General Situation and Condition... 29
3.2.2 The Division... 30
3.3. English Teaching Process of the Fifth Grade at SD No.1 Mengwitani.. 31
3.3.1 English Teaching Material... 32
3.3.2 The English Teacher at SD No. 1 Mengwitani... 39
3.3.3 Time Allocation... 39
3.4 Approaches Used in Teaching English by the Teacher... 40
3.5 Methods Used in Teaching English by the Teacher... 41
3.6 Techniques Used in Teaching English by the Teacher... 43
3.7 Difficulties Faced by the English Teacher in Teaching English... 49
3.7.1 Internal Difficulties Faced by the English Teacher in Teaching English... 49
3.7.2 External Difficulties Faced by the English Teacher in Teaching English... 51
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGESTION 4.1 Conclusion... 52
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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ABSTRACT
The title of this Study is “English Teaching for Elementary School
Students at SD No.1 Mengwitani”. This study aimed at investigating how the teacher taught his/her students in the class and the details of what kinds of approaches, methods, and techniques that are used in teaching fifth grade students. This study also aimed at discovering the difficulties that were faced by the teacher in teaching English for the fifth grade school students.
The data were collected by documentation, observation, and interview techniques that were conducted in SD No.1 Mengwitani. The collected data analyzed by qualitative methods. It also identified and analyzed based on a theory proposed by Richards and Rodgers on their book Approaches, Methods in Language Teaching (1992).
The results show that the English teacher of SD No.1 Mengwitani used communicative approach in the class to build up the students’ confidence in using English. The methods that were used by the English teacher during the teaching- learning process are translation method and audio-lingual method. The techniques that were used by the English teacher in the class Imitation (choral imitation and individual imitation), drilling, reading a text, and translating some sentences. Games and songs also applied during teaching- learning process as teaching aids.
Regarding the difficulties that were faced by the English teacher of SD No.1 Mengwitani, internally they were the number of the students and time allocation. Whereas the external difficulties that were faced by the English teacher
