8. The teacher doesn’t force the students to speak if they are not ready for it. 9. In order to lower the affective filter, student work should center on
meaningful communication rather than on form, input should be interesting and contribute to a relaxed classroom atmosphere.
10. Producing errors is considered normal. Hence, errors are tolerated in the early learning.
In all these activities, the instructor maintains a constant flow of “comprehensible input”, using key vocabulary item, gesture, mime, context, repetition, and
paraphrase to ensure the comprehensibility of the input.
4. Kindergarten Curriculum
The curriculum to teach English as foreign language to Kindergarten Students in this research is drawn from the Curriculum 2004 Standar Kompetensi
from Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. The curriculum is modified because there is no specific language competency to teach a foreign language. However, this
curriculum is used as the major source with some modification suited to the students’ competencies because in the children learning language, the process of
foreignsecond language is similar to the first one. The indicators in the curriculum are modified because the students haven’t acquired English as they
have acquired their first language even the list of vocabulary. For example, the students will not be required to retell a short story as it is stated in the standard
curriculum. The following is the modified curriculum made by the writer which
consists of goal, competencies, indicators, and evaluation.
Goal : to introduce English to Kindergarten students
Basic Competency Standard competencies
Indicators
Students are able to listen, communicate
orally, have list of vocabulary
Students are able to listen and recognize different sounds of
language and pronounce them repeat the words uttered
by the teacher
Students are able to listen and understand simple sentences
performdo simple orders
Students are
able to
communicate orally mention their names or
people around them answer simple questions
Students understand some
terms in English of things around them which consists of
noun, verb, adjective, and time show
the things
mentioned by
the teacher things in class,
animals, vehicles, fruit Mention
the things
around them Showmention number
in order, color Actperform
some activities sit, stand, run,
sing, jump Greet the teacherfriends
good morning Evaluation:
- Portfolio : The teacher uses the compilation of the works done by the
students to see the students’ improvement -
Performance : the teacher observes and takes note about the students’ performances and attitudes during the lesson
