There are some dangerous effects if teachers do not control the use of reward in their classroom.
Researchers find out that uncontrolled reward could have bad effect to the students intrinsic motivation Atkinson, 1964; deCharms, 1968; Murray, 1964 in
Deci, 1971. “Uncontrolled” means giving or offering extrinsic reward without having some basic considerations about the appropriate time, kinds and the effect
of such kinds of extrinsic reward toward students’ intrinsic motivation. Deci and Ryan state that extrinsic reward could be useful in the classroom if the teacher
really understands when he or she should give extrinsic reward and how to manage it Ryan; Mims; Koestner: 1983. Without those considerations, extrinsic
reward will cause harmful effects in the classroom activities which could undermine the ideal motivation in learning Ryan, Mims, Koestner: 1983. Thus,
the teacher should be careful in deciding the appropriate time to deliver and in managing the use of it in classroom.
In order to achieve the goal in mastering English, it seems that there should be an investigation about the use of extrinsic reward in elementary school.
It should be conducted in order to protect student’s intrinsic motivation in
learning.
1.3 Problem Limitation
Related to rationale, the researcher will discuss the reality in elementary school now. It is done in order to know how English teachers in elementary
school manage the use of extrinsic reward in her classroom.
This study discusses the use of extrinsic reward by English teachers in elementary school. To focus the study, the researcher investigates the use of
extrinsic reward by an English teacher in SD Mungkid I Magelang. The reason why researcher only chooses one elementary school teacher is that she wants to
investigate more deeply on the topic. She chooses the fifth grade students of elementary school in SD Mungkid I Magelang because of the unique
characteristics of this class that encourages the teacher to find a creative way to grasp their attention.
SD Mungkid I is one of the elementary schools that still have difficulty in providing the facilities and appropriate methodology to learn English. It is caused
by the surrounding, that ignore the importance of learning English, which also influence the students motivation in learning English. Besides that reason, the
researcher also thinks about the time efficiency as the elementary school is close
to her house.
1.4 Problem Formulations
1. In what occasions does the English teacher use extrinsic rewards in class?
2. How is the extrinsic reward managed by the English teacher?
1.5 Objectives
This study is conducted to find out when the English teacher uses extrinsic reward to the students. Besides, it is also aimed to find out how the
extrinsic reward is managed by the English teacher.
1.6 Benefits of the Study
Regarding the danger of the use of extrinsic reward to the students intrinsic motivation, it is important for the teacher to control the use of it in class.
This research, first, serves as a reflection toward her teaching method and strategy and as a note to develop the English class in her elementary school. It is important
to enhance the students’ motivation in learning English in the higher level. For the educational institution, this research also plays a role as the media
in monitoring the use of extrinsic reward by English teacher in elementary school. The result of the study could be used as consideration to develop the ability of an
English teacher to maintain the use of extrinsic reward in class. Not only the teacher or the educational institution which could get the
benefit of this study, further researcher could also take benefit of this study. This research could be used as additional literature for further researcher who is also
interested in the topic.
1.7 Definition of Terms
