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- The two teaching methods are Audio-lingual and Total Physical Response.
- The target language is English.
- The materials of teaching are made to fit with the children ability.
- Observer does not take part in the teaching – learning activities.
- The data of the teaching and learning progress will be converted from
recorded file to transcript form. -
Giving conclusion and suggestion will be the final point of the observer‟s programs.
The writer uses library research and field research for gathering the data. The writer search for some books, thesis or articles related to the topic and makes them as
the references. In field research the writer gathering the data by the actual observation of teaching
– learning activity, recorded audio and visual.
3.2 Data and Data Source
The data are transcript file of actual observation in a class while studying English. The data source is kindergarten student in TKITPA AD
– DIRASHA. The writer will record the audiovisual of the teaching and learning activities. The samples
are the students and the informants are the teachers. The texts which will be analyzed and discussed are based from the recorded activities. The recorded activities are the
teaching and learning activities in the kindergarten and the subject of study is English lesson.
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From the recorded activities the writer will make a script of dialogues between students and teacher teaching and learning process and every utterance
will be recorded by the recording machine. The writer records it with audiovisual mode.
In this regards, the writer adopts Krashen ‟s statement. Krashen 1995:3 says
“An example that will be important to us in our discussion of language teaching consists of experiments that compare teaching methods.” the writer uses this
hypothesis to find out the ability of children in understanding English.
3.3 Data Collecting Method
Data collecting method used in this thesis is documentary technique through observation. The data are the document and the document is the recorded files that
will be converted into script, these are the steps administrated in collecting the data: -
Asking permission to the headmaster to observe in herhis place. -
Cooperating with the teachers there for the observation. -
The teaching process is designed by the observer and taught by the kindergarten teacher.
- Recording the teaching and learning activities.
- Observing the recorded files and understanding all utterances. Converting all
utterances into a script that will be the document for the analysis. -
Classifying the data: classifying the important data based on the scope of the analysis. Only the use of English language or the teaching
– learning activities of English used for the analysis
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- Identifying the data: the data individually will be classified within the context
- Conclusion: making a conclusion is the final step of the research.
3.4 Data Analysis
