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English. My English teacher at school is so bad, I love Mandarin rather than English” Participant 5, appendix 5. He thought that English was boring and a
difficult subject. He tend to like Mandarin because he thought that it was easier than English. All of those perceptions came from how they got English in school.
2. The Students’ Learning Process in Kumon English Course
In order to gain the information about the students’ perception in independent learning in Kumon English Course, the researcher gathered
information about the students’ learning process in Kumon English Course. The researcher also gathered the information about the independent learning
implemented. For the third question, all of the participants 100 felt that Kumon English
Course helped them to study English. However, there were 93 participants were
interested in Kumon ’s method and 7 participants were not interested in Kumon’s
method. Furthermore, there were 70 participants who had no difficulty toward Kumon
’s method and 30 participants had difficulty toward Kumon’s method. Most of participants had difficulty toward the rule that forced them not to ask
everyone and must do everything by themself. There were 77 participants were confident with their answers, but 23 were not confident. They feel confident
because they thought that by listening and reading aloud the CD-textbook, would help them to do their worksheet. However, there were participants who were not
confident with their answers because some of them were afraid to have wrong answers and they were doubtful with their answers.
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For the next question, 80 participants could do their worksheet independently, and 20 could not do their worksheet independently. There were
50 participants were not accompanied by someone else while doing the exercises on the worksheet; 40 participants were accompanied by parents, 7
participants were accompanied by sisters or brothers, and 3 participants were accompanied by babysitter. Furthermore, 60 participants answered that
homework was given by Kumon English Course did not disturb their playing time and 40 answered that homework was given by Kumon English Course disturbed
their playing time. For the last question, 97 participants answered that homework was given by Kumon English Course helped them to study English in
their home, and 3 participants answered that it did not help them.
Table 4.2.3 The Result of the Students’ Learning Process in Kumon English Course
Close-ended Questionnaire
No. Statements
Yes No
4. Kumon helps students to learn
English. 30
100 -
- 5.
Students are interested to learn English independently.
29 97
1 3
6. Students find any difficulties when
doing the worksheet independently. 21
70 9
30 7.
Students are confident with their answers.
23 77
7 23
8. If there is a wrong answer, students
work it out independently. 25
80 5
20 9.
In table 4.2.4 10.
Homework that is given by Kumon disturbs
the students’ playing time. 12
40 18
60 11.
Homework that is given by Kumon helps the students to study at home.
29 97
1 3
