a. The role of learners
In prior to the discussions about the role of learners, the participants put their attention on two factors about the learners: the level and the number of
young learners in the classroom. Then the discussion of the participants continued to the identification of the relationship between the two factors and the role of the
learners. Finally, the participants discussed the roles that the learners had in the classroom based on the activities they perform, their control on the learning
content, grouping system toward them, their degree of influence toward others, and the views about them.
Related with level of the learners, all participants agreed that the young learners in the video were in lower primary group. As what had been explained in
the previous part, the young learners who study in primary school are divided into two groups, namely lower and upper groups. The learners who are included in
lower group are grade one until grade three. However, the participants had not reached agreement on the precise grade of the young learners in the video. The
opinions of the participants about the learners‟ level were represented by the following quotations.
…maybe the teachers still think that it‟s a low grade or low level. A226P1
… actually I don‟t know what grade they are, maybe second or third grade. A218P2
Meanwhile, related with the number of the learners in the classroom, all participants considered that it was an adequate class since the number of learners
was less than twenty. Moreover, the participants also affirmed that for a class with two teachers, the number of learners in the classroom were quite favourable for
English learning and teaching. The opinions of the participants about the number of the learners can be seen through the quotations below.
…considering the teachers in the class, there are two teachers so I think
it’s not really a big class, for a class with two teachers. A23P1
Well, actually I have the same opinion considering the number of the learners, I think it’s an adequate number and also
related to the teachers, because they have two teachers, of course they can handle very well, to manage the class.
A19P2 But in the video, they are two teachers so I think
it’s not a big class or it’s not too small class, too. So, it‟s manageable.
A211P3
For the students, it’s quite small also because from what I have experienced in other schools, there are thirty students with one
teacher. So, I think it‟s quite manageable in this activity. A213P4
Next discussion of the participants was about the relation between the level and number of learners and the learners‟ role in the classroom. The participants
stated that the level and number of learners had no relation with the roles of learners in the classroom. According to the participants, the level of learners only
influenced the kinds of activities conducted by the teachers in classroom. Meanwhile, the number of learners only influenced the teachers in handling the
class, managing the class, and varying the activities in the classroom. Whether the number of learners was greater or smaller, their roles in the classroom would be
the same. The pa rticipant‟s argument about the relation of the number of learners
and learners‟ role in the classroom is presented below.
…the number of the students does not really influence the learners’ role but influence more on how the teachers handle,
manage the class, and vary the activities. A216P1 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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