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with. It means if the teachers only give them explanation, they are likely to pay no attention the materials.
Another characteristic of young learners that is important to be considered is their attention span. Musthafa as cited in Aini, 2013 defines attention span as is the amount of time in seconds
the children are working on task without distraction. Relating to children’s attention span, Harmer 2007, p. 38
argues that young learners “have a limited attention span”, if they are not given interesting activities, they can lose their attention easily. In line with Harmer, Musthafa 2010
states that young learner have only 15-20 minutes to pay attention to their activities in a row. Research on the use of instructional media in teaching English to young learners is conducted
by Aini 2013 in Kuningan, Jawa Barat. From her research, she found that the use of instructional media by the teacher needs to improve which was proven from lacking availability of instructional
media and also lacking of utilization of various instructional media in the schools. Looking at the problems and benefits of instructional media and how the instructional media
has been utilized in previous research, this study intends to conduct a study about the utilization of instructional media in teaching English to young learners for an English elementary school
teacher in an elementary school which has A grade for level accreditation but it is located a suburban area in Bandung to see how the teacher prepares, utilizes media and reflects his teaching
perception on the use of media in the classroom. This study also tries to uncover the teacher’s philosophy on teaching English to young learners.
1.2 Statements of Problem
This research is used to answer the following questions. 1.
What kind of preparation does the teacher have in utilizing instructional media? 2.
How does teacher utilize the instructional media in the classroom?
1.3 Aims of Study
The purpose of the research are: 1.
to describe what kind of preparation that teacher has in utilizing instructional media; and 2.
to explain the process of an English teacher in an elementary school utilize the instructional media in teaching.
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1.4 Scope of the Research
Based on the aforementioned problems, the scope of this research is to explain the process of an English teacher in an elementary school utilizes the instructional media in teaching,
includes the description of problems teacher faces while utilizing it and how the teacher deals with the problems.
1.5 Significance of the Research
This study is expected to be significant in several parties. First, it is expected to give deeper information about how teacher utilizes the instructional media in the classroom for young
learners. Thus, this study explores on the teacher’s perception on instructional media for
teaching English to young learners. Finally, this study is expected to be meaningful both for teachers and young learners
through the information which will encourage teachers to improve the media utilization which will lead to meaningful teaching learning in classrooms.
1.6 Clarification of Terms
To prevent some misunderstanding of the research, there are several terms that need to be clarified:
1. Young Learners
Young learners are defined by Kalendova 2008 as children from the first year of formal schooling. In term of age, they are between six until twelve years old.
Tanti Sukmahidayanti, 2015 THE UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS
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2. Instructional Media
According to Reisser and Dick 1996, p. 65, instructional media is “the physical means by
which instruction is delivered to students”. In line with this, Scanlan n.d states that instructional media is media which consist of the materials and physical means that might
be used to implement instructi on and facilitate leaners’ of instructional objectives. It may
encompasses traditional materials such as chalkboard, slides, flash card, real object, handouts and newer materials such as computers, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and internet.
3. Teacher’s Philosophy
Dawson et al., 2012 in Teaching Philosophy Statement defines teacher’s philosophy as
teacher motivations that relate to teacher’s view about effective learning and how it has effects to students’ learning.
1.7 Organization of Paper
