7 English language learning. In addition, from this research, the future
researcher could also develop similar research related to the topic, the method and also the participants from this thesis.
4. The English Language Education Study Program Students This thesis is also advantageous to the students of the English
Language Education Study Program ELESP as the references for their teaching. Furthermore, this thesis could be the stimulation for the ELESP
students to create the creative ways to use pictures to improve students‟ engagement as the teaching media.
1.6 Definition of Terms
This research is conducted under several terms to limit the discussion of the research. Therefore the researcher would define the following terms :
1.6.1. The Use of Pictures Picture is one of the visual aids as the teaching media. Kreidler 1968
states that pictures as the visual aids could help the teacher add variety, clarity, and, especially, reality to the classroom situation. With pictures, all students will
immediately need the appropriate vocabulary, idiom, and sentence structure to discuss what they see. There are two kinds of picture based on Kreidler 1968.
They are pictures and pictures chart. The first kind of picture is very useful in stimulating oral and written composition. In this research, the researcher obtains
the first kind of picture based on Kreidler 1968 which represents the actions or activities in a holiday event. In cycle 1 the researcher showed the pictures of
8 sceneries in mount Rinjani, the beach in Gili Trawangan, a paddy field in Bali and
a Pura in Bali. Next in cycle 1 of meeting 2, the researcher showed two animated pictures of the children activity in the beach. At last, in cycle 2 of meeting 1 the
researcher showed several realistic pictures of the tea plantation, the apple garden, and the Cimori cow farm. The researcher chose the pictures based on the recount
topic about holiday. Moreover, based on the preliminary observation, the researcher found that the students were coming from the middle to high economic
level who could afford their holiday. 1.6.2. The
Students‟ Engagement
According to Schreck 2011, engagement is an important part of the complexity of learning. Moreover, there are plenty of the concrete actions a
teacher can take to successfully engage his or her students. Schreck 2011 also states that the student
s‟ engagement is also the creation of motivation and the active learning. In addition, the engaged student does the task required with
enthusiasm and diligence Schlechty, 2001. Furthermore, Brophy 2004 defines motivation in the classroom as “the level of enthusiasm and the degree to which
students invest at tention and effort in learning”. In this research, the researcher is
going to measure the increase of students engagement based on the students enthusiasm, diligence and attention in participating the learning and teaching
process.
