Handling Shy Elementary Pupils in Class Activities.
ABSTRACT
Di dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar, seorang guru terutama guru baru,
kemungkinan akan menghadapi suatu masalah yang bersumber dari murid.
Tentunya masalah tersebut dapat mengganggu jalannya aktifitas di kelas
yang biasaya telah disusun di dalam rencana pembelajaran. Salah satu
masalah yang mungkin dihadapi oleh guru adalah mengatasi murid yang
pemalu dalam aktifitas di kelas. Ini pula yang saya alami sewaktu menjalani
magang di New Concept English Education Centre, sehingga saya
mengangkat masalah ini sebagai topik pembahasan tugas akhir saya. Oleh
karena itu, saya menganalisis beberapa faktor penyebab dari rasa malu yang
dialami murid sekolah dasar serta menguraikan dampak yang terjadi dari
permasalahan ini.
Faktor penyebab dari rasa malu yang dialami murid sekolah dasar dalam
kegiatan di kelas dapat disebabkan oleh lingkungan terdekat, yaitu keluarga.
Kurangnya respon dari orang tua dalam percakapan sehari-hari adalah salah
satu penyebab timbulnya rasa malu yang terbawa oleh murid kedalam
aktifitas di kelas. Faktor penyebab yang lainnya ialah lambannya murid
beradaptasi dengan situasi yang baru. Dalam hal ini, bisa saja murid yang
saya ajar lamban beradaptasi dengan saya sebagai guru baru. Hal tersebut
bisa saja membuat murid menjadi kurang percaya diri serta menjadi pasif
dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar di kelas. Bagaimanapun juga,
permasalahan ini dapat diatasi dengan beberapa kemungkinan solusi-solusi
yang bisa diterapkan oleh guru, misalnya menunjukkan kehangatan, lalu
memberikan lebih banyak kesempatan kepada murid yang pemalu untuk
lebih banyak terlibat didalam aktifitas belajar mengajar. Guru juga dapat
menjalin kerja sama dengan orang tua murid untuk mendiskusikan kesulitan
yang dihadapi serta berbagai perkembangan yang terjadi.
Setelah menganalisis faktor penyebab juga dampak dari permasalahan
yang saya angkat, serta memaparkan kemungkinan solusi-solusi yang dapat
diterapkan dan dampak positif serta negatif dari setiap solusi, saya
memutusakan kombinasi antara memberikan kesempatan kepada murid
untuk terlibat lebih banyak di dalam kegiatan di kelas dan menjalin kerja
sama dengan orang tua murid sebagai solusi yang paling berpotensi untuk
diterapkan.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………………i
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY ……………………………………………...ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………..iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………….iv
CHAPTER Ι. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………….………. 1
A. Background of the Study
B. Identification of the Problem
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study
D. Description of the Institution
E. Method of the Study
F. Limitation of the Study
G. Organization of the Term Paper
CHAPTER ΙΙ. PROBLEM ANALYSIS …………………………………………..7
CHAPTER ΙΙΙ. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS …………………………………….10
CHAPTER ΙV. CONCLUSION ………………………………………………….15
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX:
A. FLOWCHART
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FLOWCHART
Causes
1. Children’s parents rarely
respond to them verbally.
2. The pupils adapt to a new
situation slowly.
Problem
Handling Shy Elementary Pupils
in Class Activities
Effects
1. Low self-esteem.
2. The pupils might act passively
in class.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Pupils might feel comfortable
2. Pupils will have their own
initiative to do the activities.
Potential Solution 1
Teachers have to show warmth
to shy pupils.
Potential Negative Effect
1. Teachers might neglect
other pupils.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Pupils will have more
interaction with peers
2. Pupils will become
accustomed to the activities
and the atmosphere in the
classroom.
Potential Solution 2
Give the pupils more opportunity
to be involved in learning
activities.
Potential Negative Effect
1. When the pupils keep being
passive, the other students
might look down on them.
2. It will waste some time when
pupils do not want to do the
activities.
Potential Solution 3
Cooperate with pupils’ parents
Potential Negative Effect
1. Parents might give excuses
that their children are not shy.
2. Parents might label their child
as a shy person.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Teachers can be helped by
parents who can encourage
their children to be more
active.
2. Teachers can get information
about the likes and dislikes of
the pupils.
Chosen Solution
The combination of giving pupils
more opportunity to be involved
in class activities and
cooperating with pupils’ parents
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
From February until April 2009, I taught a class of elementary pupils at
New Concept English Education Centre at Merkuri street No. 31 Bandung.
There I faced a problem with shy pupils who could not get involved in the
learning activities like games and class discussion. For example, it was
difficult to get my shy pupils to talk when I asked them to read a paragraph
or made a conversation with others. Another example is my students were
inactive when I gave them a game. This problem is the main difficulty I
experienced during my internship program as an apprentice English
teacher for two months. I become interested in this problem because it is a
challenge for me as a teacher to make my pupils more active in class
activities. Another reason is that I am also interested in children’s
psychology and I mainly want to understand shyness in children.
Therefore, I decided to choose “Handling Shy Elementary Pupils in Class
Activities” as a topic for my term paper
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B. Identification of the Problem
I analyze the problem which is described as follows:
a. Why do elementary pupils at New Concept’s experience shyness in
class activities?
b. What are the effects of shyness experienced by elementary pupils
at New Concept’s?
c. How can a teacher handle shy elementary pupils in class activities
at New Concept’s?
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study.
The objectives of this term paper are described as follows:
a. To find out the causes and the effects of shyness experienced by
the elementary school pupils at New Concept English Education
Centre
b. To find out the potential solutions to handle shy elementary pupils in
class activities at New Concept.
c. To find the best solution to handle shy pupils at New Concept
English Education Centre.
The benefits of the study will be explained as follows:
a. For the institution
This term paper is expected to be useful for New Concept in training
the teachers in the future, especially for the elementary English
language teachers.
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b. For the Readers
This term paper is expected to be able to help English teachers who
have the same problem in teaching English language for elementary
pupils or to help readers to get information about handling shy
elementary pupils.
c. For me as a writer
This term paper is useful for me to improve my teaching skills,
especially to handle shy elementary pupils.
D. Description of the Institution
New Concept English Education Centre is an institution under New
Concept Education Foundation and it is located at Merkuri street No. 31
Bandung. Since its establishment in 1983, thousands of students ranging
from elementary students to professionals and executives have graduated
from this institution, including those who have made preparations to
continue their studies abroad. In 2002, New Concept developed their
network by establishing new branches in West Java and JABODETABEK
areas and it will very soon establish other new branches in several other
big cities. To achieve its missions, New Concept English Education Centre
is supported by 115 teachers and 120 administration staff.
The vision of New concept will be explained as follows:
‐
Participating in the provision of education of Indonesian citizens,
especially in English language teaching, to provide them with a key
to the acquisition of knowledge and skills in other sciences.
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‐
Creating job opportunities and an English–proficient workforce
The mission of New concept will be explained as follows:
‐
Creating an up-to-date teaching method which enables the
acceleration of English acquisition.
‐
Building a professional management support system which
maintains the effectiveness and efficiency of the teaching-learning
process.
‐
Preparing professional human resources by way of systematic
training and development programs.
‐
Developing networks and marketing strategies to widen educational
service to people from all walks of life across the country.
E. Method of the Study
I collect the information which is related to my topic from my internship
journal, which records the problem that I face and the information about
the pupils when I am in apprenticeship as a teacher of English language
for elementary pupils in third and fourth grades. I also gather as much
information as possible from articles that I have taken from the Internet.
F. Limitation of the Study
I observe and analyze the problem faced by shy pupils only in the third
and fourth grades at New Concept English Education Centre from
February until April 2009.
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G. Organization of the Term Paper
This term paper begins with Abstract, which explains a brief preview of
Chapter I to Chapter IV. It is continued with Declaration of Originality,
which contains my statement of the originality of the term paper. Next, are
my thanks to all people who have helped me in the writing process of my
term paper in acknowledgements. The detail of the title, subtitle, and page
number are put in Table of Contents. Then, it continued with four chapters.
The first is Chapter I, discusses the Introduction, and then Chapter II is the
Problem analysis which discusses the causes and effects of the problem.
After that, Chapter III is the Potential solution which discusses three
potential solutions and its effects. Last, Chapter IV is Conclusion which
discusses my statement of the chosen solution. The list of sources of my
term paper is in the Bibliography and the flowchart is in the Appendix
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
In the previous chapters, I have analyzed the causes and effects of
shyness experienced by elementary pupils based on relevant theories and
my observation at New Concept. Shyness in elementary pupils is
influenced by the nearest environment, which is parents, if the parents
rarely respond to their children’s communication verbally. Another cause is
pupils’ slow adaptation to a new situation. Those causes will present
negative effects, which are low self-esteem and passiveness in the
classroom. To prevent the negative effects of shyness in elementary
pupils, teachers could show warmth to pupils, give pupils more opportunity
to be involved in class activities, and cooperate with pupils’ parents.
In this chapter, I will state the chosen solutions based on my analysis in
the previous chapters. After analyzing the causes and effects of shyness
in elemantary pupils, and presenting three potential solutions with positive
and negative effects from each potential solution, I decided to choose the
combination of giving pupils more opportunity to be involved in class
activities and cooperating with pupils’ parents as the best solution to be
applied in handling shy pupils in class activities.
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By giving pupils more opportunity to be involved in class activities,
pupils will become accustomed to the activities and the atmosphere in
class. After shy pupils have become accustomed to them, they are
expected to be involved in class activities actively. If teachers have
difficulty in handling shy pupils, they can talk with pupils’ parents to
overcome the problem.
In conclusion, handling shy elemantary pupils in class activities is not
an easy task. Teachers may need much time to handle shy pupils so that
they can be actively involved in teaching and learning activities. However,
there are potential solutions which I have explained and can be applied by
teachers. Nevertheless, teachers should be aware of the negative effects
which can occur as a result of the solutions. Teachers also should be
patient to handle shy pupils as the solutions will not work instantly.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Printed Sources
McKay, Matthew, and Fanning Patrick. Self Esteem. Oakland: New
Harbinger Publication Inc, 2000.
Electronic Sources
Brophy, Jere. “Teaching Problem Students.” Guildford Press. 16
May 2009.
Brophy, Jere. “Working with Shy or Withdrawn Students.” Ericdigest.org
24 Apr. 2009. < http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-3/shy.html>
“Building Parent-Teacher Partnership.” National Association for the
Education of Young Children. Naeyc.org. 29Apr. 2009.
Levy, Diane. “Shyness”. Littlies Ltd. Littlies.co.nz . 27 Apr. 2009.
Malouff, John. “Shy Student.” University of New England. une.edu.au.
12. Nov. 2007. 25 Apr. 2009.
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Mandel, Scott. “The Parent-Teacher Partnership.” Chicago Review Press,
2008. 16 May 2009.
“More Tips on How to Overcome Shyness in the Classroom.” overcomingshyness.com. 04 May 2009.
Zolten, Kristin, Long, Nicholas. “Shyness.” Center for Effective Parenting.
parenting-ed.org. 27 Apr. 2009. < http://www.parenting-ed.org
/handouts/shyness.pdf>
Maranatha Christian University
Di dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar, seorang guru terutama guru baru,
kemungkinan akan menghadapi suatu masalah yang bersumber dari murid.
Tentunya masalah tersebut dapat mengganggu jalannya aktifitas di kelas
yang biasaya telah disusun di dalam rencana pembelajaran. Salah satu
masalah yang mungkin dihadapi oleh guru adalah mengatasi murid yang
pemalu dalam aktifitas di kelas. Ini pula yang saya alami sewaktu menjalani
magang di New Concept English Education Centre, sehingga saya
mengangkat masalah ini sebagai topik pembahasan tugas akhir saya. Oleh
karena itu, saya menganalisis beberapa faktor penyebab dari rasa malu yang
dialami murid sekolah dasar serta menguraikan dampak yang terjadi dari
permasalahan ini.
Faktor penyebab dari rasa malu yang dialami murid sekolah dasar dalam
kegiatan di kelas dapat disebabkan oleh lingkungan terdekat, yaitu keluarga.
Kurangnya respon dari orang tua dalam percakapan sehari-hari adalah salah
satu penyebab timbulnya rasa malu yang terbawa oleh murid kedalam
aktifitas di kelas. Faktor penyebab yang lainnya ialah lambannya murid
beradaptasi dengan situasi yang baru. Dalam hal ini, bisa saja murid yang
saya ajar lamban beradaptasi dengan saya sebagai guru baru. Hal tersebut
bisa saja membuat murid menjadi kurang percaya diri serta menjadi pasif
dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar di kelas. Bagaimanapun juga,
permasalahan ini dapat diatasi dengan beberapa kemungkinan solusi-solusi
yang bisa diterapkan oleh guru, misalnya menunjukkan kehangatan, lalu
memberikan lebih banyak kesempatan kepada murid yang pemalu untuk
lebih banyak terlibat didalam aktifitas belajar mengajar. Guru juga dapat
menjalin kerja sama dengan orang tua murid untuk mendiskusikan kesulitan
yang dihadapi serta berbagai perkembangan yang terjadi.
Setelah menganalisis faktor penyebab juga dampak dari permasalahan
yang saya angkat, serta memaparkan kemungkinan solusi-solusi yang dapat
diterapkan dan dampak positif serta negatif dari setiap solusi, saya
memutusakan kombinasi antara memberikan kesempatan kepada murid
untuk terlibat lebih banyak di dalam kegiatan di kelas dan menjalin kerja
sama dengan orang tua murid sebagai solusi yang paling berpotensi untuk
diterapkan.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………………i
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY ……………………………………………...ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………..iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………….iv
CHAPTER Ι. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………….………. 1
A. Background of the Study
B. Identification of the Problem
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study
D. Description of the Institution
E. Method of the Study
F. Limitation of the Study
G. Organization of the Term Paper
CHAPTER ΙΙ. PROBLEM ANALYSIS …………………………………………..7
CHAPTER ΙΙΙ. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS …………………………………….10
CHAPTER ΙV. CONCLUSION ………………………………………………….15
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX:
A. FLOWCHART
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FLOWCHART
Causes
1. Children’s parents rarely
respond to them verbally.
2. The pupils adapt to a new
situation slowly.
Problem
Handling Shy Elementary Pupils
in Class Activities
Effects
1. Low self-esteem.
2. The pupils might act passively
in class.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Pupils might feel comfortable
2. Pupils will have their own
initiative to do the activities.
Potential Solution 1
Teachers have to show warmth
to shy pupils.
Potential Negative Effect
1. Teachers might neglect
other pupils.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Pupils will have more
interaction with peers
2. Pupils will become
accustomed to the activities
and the atmosphere in the
classroom.
Potential Solution 2
Give the pupils more opportunity
to be involved in learning
activities.
Potential Negative Effect
1. When the pupils keep being
passive, the other students
might look down on them.
2. It will waste some time when
pupils do not want to do the
activities.
Potential Solution 3
Cooperate with pupils’ parents
Potential Negative Effect
1. Parents might give excuses
that their children are not shy.
2. Parents might label their child
as a shy person.
Potential Positive Effect
1. Teachers can be helped by
parents who can encourage
their children to be more
active.
2. Teachers can get information
about the likes and dislikes of
the pupils.
Chosen Solution
The combination of giving pupils
more opportunity to be involved
in class activities and
cooperating with pupils’ parents
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
From February until April 2009, I taught a class of elementary pupils at
New Concept English Education Centre at Merkuri street No. 31 Bandung.
There I faced a problem with shy pupils who could not get involved in the
learning activities like games and class discussion. For example, it was
difficult to get my shy pupils to talk when I asked them to read a paragraph
or made a conversation with others. Another example is my students were
inactive when I gave them a game. This problem is the main difficulty I
experienced during my internship program as an apprentice English
teacher for two months. I become interested in this problem because it is a
challenge for me as a teacher to make my pupils more active in class
activities. Another reason is that I am also interested in children’s
psychology and I mainly want to understand shyness in children.
Therefore, I decided to choose “Handling Shy Elementary Pupils in Class
Activities” as a topic for my term paper
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B. Identification of the Problem
I analyze the problem which is described as follows:
a. Why do elementary pupils at New Concept’s experience shyness in
class activities?
b. What are the effects of shyness experienced by elementary pupils
at New Concept’s?
c. How can a teacher handle shy elementary pupils in class activities
at New Concept’s?
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study.
The objectives of this term paper are described as follows:
a. To find out the causes and the effects of shyness experienced by
the elementary school pupils at New Concept English Education
Centre
b. To find out the potential solutions to handle shy elementary pupils in
class activities at New Concept.
c. To find the best solution to handle shy pupils at New Concept
English Education Centre.
The benefits of the study will be explained as follows:
a. For the institution
This term paper is expected to be useful for New Concept in training
the teachers in the future, especially for the elementary English
language teachers.
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b. For the Readers
This term paper is expected to be able to help English teachers who
have the same problem in teaching English language for elementary
pupils or to help readers to get information about handling shy
elementary pupils.
c. For me as a writer
This term paper is useful for me to improve my teaching skills,
especially to handle shy elementary pupils.
D. Description of the Institution
New Concept English Education Centre is an institution under New
Concept Education Foundation and it is located at Merkuri street No. 31
Bandung. Since its establishment in 1983, thousands of students ranging
from elementary students to professionals and executives have graduated
from this institution, including those who have made preparations to
continue their studies abroad. In 2002, New Concept developed their
network by establishing new branches in West Java and JABODETABEK
areas and it will very soon establish other new branches in several other
big cities. To achieve its missions, New Concept English Education Centre
is supported by 115 teachers and 120 administration staff.
The vision of New concept will be explained as follows:
‐
Participating in the provision of education of Indonesian citizens,
especially in English language teaching, to provide them with a key
to the acquisition of knowledge and skills in other sciences.
3
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‐
Creating job opportunities and an English–proficient workforce
The mission of New concept will be explained as follows:
‐
Creating an up-to-date teaching method which enables the
acceleration of English acquisition.
‐
Building a professional management support system which
maintains the effectiveness and efficiency of the teaching-learning
process.
‐
Preparing professional human resources by way of systematic
training and development programs.
‐
Developing networks and marketing strategies to widen educational
service to people from all walks of life across the country.
E. Method of the Study
I collect the information which is related to my topic from my internship
journal, which records the problem that I face and the information about
the pupils when I am in apprenticeship as a teacher of English language
for elementary pupils in third and fourth grades. I also gather as much
information as possible from articles that I have taken from the Internet.
F. Limitation of the Study
I observe and analyze the problem faced by shy pupils only in the third
and fourth grades at New Concept English Education Centre from
February until April 2009.
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G. Organization of the Term Paper
This term paper begins with Abstract, which explains a brief preview of
Chapter I to Chapter IV. It is continued with Declaration of Originality,
which contains my statement of the originality of the term paper. Next, are
my thanks to all people who have helped me in the writing process of my
term paper in acknowledgements. The detail of the title, subtitle, and page
number are put in Table of Contents. Then, it continued with four chapters.
The first is Chapter I, discusses the Introduction, and then Chapter II is the
Problem analysis which discusses the causes and effects of the problem.
After that, Chapter III is the Potential solution which discusses three
potential solutions and its effects. Last, Chapter IV is Conclusion which
discusses my statement of the chosen solution. The list of sources of my
term paper is in the Bibliography and the flowchart is in the Appendix
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
In the previous chapters, I have analyzed the causes and effects of
shyness experienced by elementary pupils based on relevant theories and
my observation at New Concept. Shyness in elementary pupils is
influenced by the nearest environment, which is parents, if the parents
rarely respond to their children’s communication verbally. Another cause is
pupils’ slow adaptation to a new situation. Those causes will present
negative effects, which are low self-esteem and passiveness in the
classroom. To prevent the negative effects of shyness in elementary
pupils, teachers could show warmth to pupils, give pupils more opportunity
to be involved in class activities, and cooperate with pupils’ parents.
In this chapter, I will state the chosen solutions based on my analysis in
the previous chapters. After analyzing the causes and effects of shyness
in elemantary pupils, and presenting three potential solutions with positive
and negative effects from each potential solution, I decided to choose the
combination of giving pupils more opportunity to be involved in class
activities and cooperating with pupils’ parents as the best solution to be
applied in handling shy pupils in class activities.
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By giving pupils more opportunity to be involved in class activities,
pupils will become accustomed to the activities and the atmosphere in
class. After shy pupils have become accustomed to them, they are
expected to be involved in class activities actively. If teachers have
difficulty in handling shy pupils, they can talk with pupils’ parents to
overcome the problem.
In conclusion, handling shy elemantary pupils in class activities is not
an easy task. Teachers may need much time to handle shy pupils so that
they can be actively involved in teaching and learning activities. However,
there are potential solutions which I have explained and can be applied by
teachers. Nevertheless, teachers should be aware of the negative effects
which can occur as a result of the solutions. Teachers also should be
patient to handle shy pupils as the solutions will not work instantly.
16
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Printed Sources
McKay, Matthew, and Fanning Patrick. Self Esteem. Oakland: New
Harbinger Publication Inc, 2000.
Electronic Sources
Brophy, Jere. “Teaching Problem Students.” Guildford Press. 16
May 2009.
Brophy, Jere. “Working with Shy or Withdrawn Students.” Ericdigest.org
24 Apr. 2009. < http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-3/shy.html>
“Building Parent-Teacher Partnership.” National Association for the
Education of Young Children. Naeyc.org. 29Apr. 2009.
Levy, Diane. “Shyness”. Littlies Ltd. Littlies.co.nz . 27 Apr. 2009.
Malouff, John. “Shy Student.” University of New England. une.edu.au.
12. Nov. 2007. 25 Apr. 2009.
Maranatha Christian University
Mandel, Scott. “The Parent-Teacher Partnership.” Chicago Review Press,
2008. 16 May 2009.
“More Tips on How to Overcome Shyness in the Classroom.” overcomingshyness.com. 04 May 2009.
Zolten, Kristin, Long, Nicholas. “Shyness.” Center for Effective Parenting.
parenting-ed.org. 27 Apr. 2009. < http://www.parenting-ed.org
/handouts/shyness.pdf>
Maranatha Christian University