Interview Learners’ Needs and Interest

Table 4.43 Activities conducted Days of Observation Activity types Descriptions First day Matching Match the parts to complete the pictures. Second day Singing Happy birthday song Third day puzzles Doing name puzzle Fourth day Singing ABC song Five day Singing Do you have song From the table above can be conclude that learners’ at the classroom were interested in doing the activities that involved not only their mind but also their bodies. In addition, the activities were combination of some intelligences. The researcher also found that there were three major intelligence’s profiles of the learners. Those were: interpersonal, intrapersonal and bodily-kinesthetic profiles. The reality above showed that the learners at the class were various.

b. Interview

The researcher designed 15 questions dealing with learners interest. In interviewing the learners, the researcher used simple words question. She also used realiavisual aids in interviewing the learners to encourage them to answer the questions. Sometimes, she helped the learner who had difficulties in answering the questions. They are 9 children 4 boys and 5 girls in the classroom. in interviewing the children the researcher used two types of question. She used YesNo and optional questions. The result of the interview can be seen from the table below: Table 4. 44 Interview result Questions Ardi Noel Naufal Daffa Nanda Tasya Ois Meira Abel 1.Do you like English? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 2. Do you like drawing and coloring? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 3.Do you like craft? yes no No yes yes yes No yes yes 4.Do you like games? yes no No yes yes yes No yes yes 5.Do you like writing? yes no No no yes no no no no 6.Do you like singing? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 7.Do you like playing computer? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 8. Do you like storybook ? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9. Can you run? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 10.Can you jump? yes yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 11.Can you climb? yes yes Yes yes yes yes no no yes 12. What is your favorite color? the researcher shows the learners with folding papers . blue blue Red red pink pink gree n yello w pink 13. What is your favorite animals? the researcher shows pictures of animals. rab bit dog Bird turtle fish cat rab bit hamst er cat 14. What is your favorite food? the researcher shows the learners pictures of some foods. chic ken bread Nood le fish chicken bread chic ken apple chick en 15. What can you see out side the window? the researcher asks the learners to look out side Tre e, flo wer, roc k Tree Tree, flowe r Flower, leaf flower Tree, flowe r, rock Tre e, flo wer Tree, flowe r Tree, flowe r, rock From the data collected, the researcher concluded that: Most of the learners have the same interest. They like english, drawing, singing, coloring, dancing, craft, games and computer activities. It means that learners aged 4-5 years are interested in activities using the whole body. The famous color among the learners are pink and blue. From the collected data, the researcher found that most of the learners have various favorite of animals. They are; rabbit, dog, bird, turtle, fish, cat and hamster. They also have various interest of foods. Most of the learners like chicken. The others like bread, noodle and apple. Learners have various favorite colors; some of the girls like pink, the others are blue, yellow, orange and green. The last questions informs the researcher about the things outside the class that attracted the learners interest. They are; tree, butterfly, bird and flower. Moreover, from the interview result above, the researcher found many things attracted learners’ interest. Those things came from their own environments. It can be concluded that learners interested in learning things that very close to them. Moreover, they liked activity that engaged their minds and bodies at the same time.

B. Data Interpretation