Using Various Teaching Aids To Teach English To Children At Runner Class In Creative Learning.
ABSTRACT
Tugas Akhir ini membahas masalah yang saya hadapi saat magang di
Creative Learning. Masalahnya adalah guru-guru yang mengajar di Creative
Learning tidak menggunakan alat bantu pengajaran yang bervariasi saat
mengajar Bahasa Inggris untuk anak-anak. Penyebabnya adalah guru kurang
memiliki inisiatif, Creative Learning tidak menyediakan bahan-bahan untuk
membuat alat bantu pengajaran dan menyediakan berbagai macam alat
bantu pengajaran, dan Creative Learning tidak memantau kinerja guru.
Masalah ini menyebabkan beberapa dampak yaitu anak-anak tidak tertarik
untuk mendengarkan penjelasan guru, guru sulit untuk menjelaskan pelajaran
dengan baik, dan anak-anak sulit untuk berkonsentrasi pada saat
mendengarkan penjelasan dari guru.
Untuk menangani masalah ini ada beberapa solusi. Solusinya adalah guru
di Creative Learning harus menggunakan alat bantu pengajaran yang
bervariasi dan membuat alat bantu pengajaran tambahan, Creative learning
harus menyediakan beberapa alat bantu pengajaran dan bahan-bahan untuk
membuat alat bantu pengajaran, dan Creative Learning harus menetapkan
sistem pemantauan untuk guru.
Sebagai kesimpulan, jika ketiga solusi di atas diterapkan saya percaya
bahwa guru akan menjadi kreatif dan mereka akan mengajar secara efektif.
Selanjutnya, alat bantu pengajaran membuat anak-anak tertarik untuk
mendengarkan penjelasan guru, dan juga membuat Creative Learning dapat
meningkatkan kualitas pengajaran.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT........................................................................................................i
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY...................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................iv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................1-5
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 II. PROBLEM ANALYSIS............................................................6-9
CHAPTER III. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.................................................10-16
CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION...................................................................17-19
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX:
A.
FLOWCHART
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Causes
1. The teachers lackinitiative.
2. Creative Learning is not
providing various teaching
aids and also the supplies of
making teaching aids.
3. Creative Learning does not
monitor the teachers’
performance.
Problem
The teachers do not use various
teaching aids to teach English to
children at grade one to two in
Creative Learning
Positive Effects
1. The teachers will become
more creative to teach
English to children.
2. The children like to listen to
the teachers’ explanation.
3. The teachers can explain
the lesson effectively with
teaching aids.
1. The teachers can use the
supplies to make teaching
aids.
2. The teachers will take the
initiative to make the
teaching aids or use
directly the taching aids.
1. Creative Learning will
know the development of
teaching quality of every
teacher.
2. The teachers will be more
serious and motivated to
teach the children.
3. The teachers will get
feedback to develope
their teaching skill.
Effects
1. The children are not
interested in listening to
the teacher’s explanation.
2. Usually it is hard for the
teachers to explain the
lesson well.
3. The children cannot
concentrate on listening to
the teacher’s explanation.
Negative Effects
Potential Solution I
The teachers in Creative Learning
should use various teaching aids
and make additional teaching
aids.
Potential Solution II
Creative Learning should provide
some teaching supplies for
making teaching aids and various
teaching aids.
Potential Solution III
Creative Learning should
establish a monitoring system for
the teachers.
Chosen Solutions
The combination of potential
solutions I, II, and III.
1. The teachers should spend
time to make the teaching
aids.
2. The teachers should adjust
the time allocation in the
class.
1. Creative Learning should
spend some money to buy
some teaching supplies and
teaching aids.
2. Not all the supplies that
have been bought will be
used.
3. There should be a teacher
who in charge of buying
and checking the supplies
regularly.
1. The supervisor should
spend time to monitor
the teachers.
2. The teachers will be not
confortable when the
supervisor is monitoring
them.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
The use of teaching aids is necessary. Many teachers use teaching
aids to teach children. Klaus states that, “Teaching aids are tools that
classroom teachers use to help their students learn quickly and
thoroughly” (par.1). Therefore, the use of teaching aids is very important to
teach English to children, because it can make children excited to learn
the lesson. Scott and Ytreberg state that, “A wide variety of teaching aids
is necessary in the foreign language classroom. Lesson will be much
easier and much more exciting for the children if you make full use of
things and object as well as language to get your meaning across” (108).
In addition, Grill believes that teachers need to use teaching aids because
most children below ten years old like to see and touch the objects directly
(par.1). Hence, teachers are highly recommended to use teaching aids to
teach children because the use of teaching aids make the class lively.
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Furthermore, the use of teaching aids also has some benefits. Grill
explains that:
“Teaching aids has some benefits and these teaching aids are really
useful for preschool and elementary school. The teaching aids helps
them to learn everything easily. The words and sentence are too
much confusable for the little children and educating them with
teaching aids make the teacher’s job easy” (par 1).
Thus, teaching aids are very useful for the teachers to teach the children
and make the teachers teach the lesson effectively.
There are various types of teaching aids. Scott and Ytreberg point out
that, “types of teaching aids are puppets, class mascot, paper dolls,
English corner, cardboard boxes, pictures cards, card games, board
games, word sentence cards, transparencies, calendar, and clock” (112).
Therefore, the teachers can use many varieties of teaching aids to teach
children so that children will be excited to learn.
When I had my internship in Creative Learning (hencefort C.L), I found
a problem related to the use of teaching aids. I taught two classes, each
class had two children and they were in grade one and two. The names of
the children are Cherryl, Daniel, Dinda, and Gerald. When I taught them, it
was hard for me to control the class. The children could not concentrate
on listening to my explanation. It is because I did not use various teaching
aids when I explained the lesson. Whereas, teaching aids is very important
to teach English to children. Nevertheless, the teachers in C.L did not use
various teaching aids to teach English. As a result, the children were not
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paying attention to me, asking things which were not related to the lesson,
and becoming noisy. Therefore, in this term paper I would like to analyze
the problem of not using various teaching aids to teach English to the
children in Runner class and to find the best solution to solve the problem.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on my experience during my internship program as a teacher
assistant at C.L I would like to analyze:
1. Why did the teachers in C.L not use various teaching aids to teach
English to the children in Runner class?
2. How could the use of various teaching aids be implemented at C.L
to teach English to the children in Runner class?
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study
The objectives of the study are first, to analyze why the teachers in C.L
did not use various teaching aids to teach English. Second, the objective
is to find out some possible solutions to implement the use of various
teaching aids to teach English in C.L. Additionally, I will also find the best
solution to this problem.
By writing this term paper, there are some benefits for the institution, for
the readers, and for me. For the institution, I expect this term paper can
help the teachers of C.L to get some useful information about the use of
various teaching aids to make their children attracted to the lesson.
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Moreover, I expect this study can make the readers know the importance
of teaching aids, the variety of teaching aids, the ways to prepare teaching
aids, and how to make and use teaching aids. Furthermore, by writing this
term paper, I can share my experience to the readers and in the future if I
work as a teacher I can apply the solutions and use various teaching aids
to teach English to children.
D. Description of the Institution
C.L is a non-formal educational institution whose program is to give
English language education as a second language or foreign language to
young learners. In C.L there are also other programs such as CalisMath,
K-Math, and Pre-K.
In 2004, C.L was established in Setra Sari Plaza A/2. The owner is Mr
Setiabudi and at the moment the English teachers are Ms. Leoni, Ms.
Lean, and Mr. Nico. C.L is not only established to provide teaching
programs but also to improve children’s intellectuals, emotion, and
creativity. C.L is using a learning system which is comfortable, easy,
interactive, and fun.
E. Method of the Study
For my term paper, I analyze a problem which I find during my
internship. I collect the data from my observation and teaching experience
during my internship in Runner class; there are 4 children of 6-7 years old
and the teachers are Ms. Leoni, Ms. Leann, and myself. I record all the
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data in my internship journal. To find the solutions, I conduct a library
research to obtain relevant books and online publications to solve the
problem. Based on the analysis of several possible solutions, I would like
to find solutions of the problem of not using various teaching aids to teach
English to the children in Runner class.
F. Limitation of the Study
My term paper will focus on two teachers in C.L who did not use
various teaching aids to teach English to the children in Runner class. I
have taught English to the children and observed two teachers of C.L.
Additionally, I observed four children from two classes and each class has
two children. The observation was done during my internship program
from June 21, 2010 until July 16, 2010.
G. Organization of the Term Paper
This term paper starts with the Abstract, a summary of the whole paper
in Indonesian. It is followed by the Acknowledgements, which contains the
list of people who have supported me in writing this term paper. After that,
there is a Table of Contents which is followed by four chapters: Chapter I
is the Introduction, Chapter II contains the Problem Analysis, Chapter III
deals with Potential Solutions, and Chapter IV is the Conclusion. In the
last part of my term paper, there is a Bibliography containing the list of
references and an Appendix.
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
In the previous chapters, I have analyzed the problem and several
potential solutions. The problem is the teachers do not use various
teaching aids to teach English to children at runner class in C.L.. There are
three causes of this problem. The causes are the teachers lacked
initiative, C.L. is not providing various teaching aids and the supplies of
making teaching aids, and C.L. does not monitor the teachers’
performance. The effects of the problem are the children are not interested
in listening to the teacher’s explanation, usually it is hard for the teachers
to explain the lesson well, and the children cannot concentrate on listening
to the teacher’s explanation. To handle this problem there are some
potential solutions. The solutions are the teachers in C.L. should use
various teaching aids and make additional teaching aids, C.L. should
provide some teaching supplies for making teaching aids and various
teaching aids, and C.L. should establish a monitoring system for the
teachers.
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Based on the analysis in the previous chapters, I decide to choose the
combination of all the three potential solutions. The combination is first,
C.L. should provide some teaching aids and teaching supplies for making
teaching aids. Thus, the teachers can use the supplies whenever they
need them and the teachers will be more creative. Second, C.L. should
establish a monitoring system for the teachers. After C.L. provides some
teaching aids and teaching supplies for making teaching aids, C.L. also
has to monitor the teachers’ performance in the classroom when they
teach the children by using teaching aids. Hence, with monitoring system
the supervisor will know the teachers’ progress amd also develop teachers
teaching skill by giving feedbacks. Third, the teachers in C.L. should use
various teaching aids and make additional teaching aids. It is very
important to make children eager to listen to teachers’ explanation and
memorize the lesson faster. Siders believes that, “A teaching aid is
something a classroom teacher uses in her class to help students improve
reading and other skills, reinforce a skill, or to make learning fun” (par.1).
Moreover, when C.L. already provides teaching aids and some teaching
supplies and runs the monitoring system, the teachers will be motivated to
make and use teaching aids to teach the children.
The combination of those three solutions is useful to encourage the
teachers to develop their performance and use various teaching aids to
teach English to children, because those three solutions support one
another. If C.L. only provides some teaching aids and teaching supplies
for making teaching aids without establishing a monitoring system for the
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teachers, it will not be effective because the supervisor does not control
the teachers’ performance and know the performance of the teachers.
Consequently, it does not encourage teachers to use various teaching
aids and make additional teaching aids.
In conclusion, the use of various teaching aids could be implemented at
C.L. if C.L. provides some teaching supplies and various teaching aids,
establishes a monitoring system for the teachers, and encourages
teachers to use various teachng aids. When the three solutions are carried
out, I believe that the teachers will be creative and they will teach
effectively. Furthermore, teaching aids make children interested in
listening to the teachers’ explanation, and also make C.L. increase the
quality of teaching.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Printed Source
Scott, Wendy A, and Lisbeth H. Ytreberg. Teaching English to Children.
New York: Longman Group, 2000.
Electronic Source
Cory, Charlie. “How to Motivate and Keep Teachers Happy.” Helium 15
September 2010
Evans, Linda. “Developing Attention Skills and Memory.” Teaching
Expertise October 2009. 29 September 2010
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Grill, Kauai BBQ. “Some benefits of teaching and learning aids.” Kauai
BBQ Grill 22 April 2008. 6 September 2010
Guillford, James. “How to Utilize Teaching Aids.” eHow 3 September 2010.
21 November 2010
Klaus, Julia. “A Definition of Teaching Aids.” eHow 15 April 2010. 6
September 2010
Lade, Adeyanju. “Teachers Perception of the effects and use of learning
aids in teaching.” Ultibase 15 November 2003. 6 September 2010
Right, Jocelyn. “Performance Appraisal & Teacher Effectiveness.” eHow
22 July 2010. 29 september 2010
Robert, Jenny. “Flash Card-A Great Help in Children Learning.” Article
Alley 14 May 2010. 15 September 2010
Siders, Kaye. “How To Work with Teaching Aids.” How to Do Things.com
25 November 2010
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Wilke, Rebecca Lynn. “The first days of class: a practical guide for the
beginning teacher.” Amazon.com 3 October 2010
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Tugas Akhir ini membahas masalah yang saya hadapi saat magang di
Creative Learning. Masalahnya adalah guru-guru yang mengajar di Creative
Learning tidak menggunakan alat bantu pengajaran yang bervariasi saat
mengajar Bahasa Inggris untuk anak-anak. Penyebabnya adalah guru kurang
memiliki inisiatif, Creative Learning tidak menyediakan bahan-bahan untuk
membuat alat bantu pengajaran dan menyediakan berbagai macam alat
bantu pengajaran, dan Creative Learning tidak memantau kinerja guru.
Masalah ini menyebabkan beberapa dampak yaitu anak-anak tidak tertarik
untuk mendengarkan penjelasan guru, guru sulit untuk menjelaskan pelajaran
dengan baik, dan anak-anak sulit untuk berkonsentrasi pada saat
mendengarkan penjelasan dari guru.
Untuk menangani masalah ini ada beberapa solusi. Solusinya adalah guru
di Creative Learning harus menggunakan alat bantu pengajaran yang
bervariasi dan membuat alat bantu pengajaran tambahan, Creative learning
harus menyediakan beberapa alat bantu pengajaran dan bahan-bahan untuk
membuat alat bantu pengajaran, dan Creative Learning harus menetapkan
sistem pemantauan untuk guru.
Sebagai kesimpulan, jika ketiga solusi di atas diterapkan saya percaya
bahwa guru akan menjadi kreatif dan mereka akan mengajar secara efektif.
Selanjutnya, alat bantu pengajaran membuat anak-anak tertarik untuk
mendengarkan penjelasan guru, dan juga membuat Creative Learning dapat
meningkatkan kualitas pengajaran.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT........................................................................................................i
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY...................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................iv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................1-5
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 II. PROBLEM ANALYSIS............................................................6-9
CHAPTER III. POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.................................................10-16
CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION...................................................................17-19
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX:
A.
FLOWCHART
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Causes
1. The teachers lackinitiative.
2. Creative Learning is not
providing various teaching
aids and also the supplies of
making teaching aids.
3. Creative Learning does not
monitor the teachers’
performance.
Problem
The teachers do not use various
teaching aids to teach English to
children at grade one to two in
Creative Learning
Positive Effects
1. The teachers will become
more creative to teach
English to children.
2. The children like to listen to
the teachers’ explanation.
3. The teachers can explain
the lesson effectively with
teaching aids.
1. The teachers can use the
supplies to make teaching
aids.
2. The teachers will take the
initiative to make the
teaching aids or use
directly the taching aids.
1. Creative Learning will
know the development of
teaching quality of every
teacher.
2. The teachers will be more
serious and motivated to
teach the children.
3. The teachers will get
feedback to develope
their teaching skill.
Effects
1. The children are not
interested in listening to
the teacher’s explanation.
2. Usually it is hard for the
teachers to explain the
lesson well.
3. The children cannot
concentrate on listening to
the teacher’s explanation.
Negative Effects
Potential Solution I
The teachers in Creative Learning
should use various teaching aids
and make additional teaching
aids.
Potential Solution II
Creative Learning should provide
some teaching supplies for
making teaching aids and various
teaching aids.
Potential Solution III
Creative Learning should
establish a monitoring system for
the teachers.
Chosen Solutions
The combination of potential
solutions I, II, and III.
1. The teachers should spend
time to make the teaching
aids.
2. The teachers should adjust
the time allocation in the
class.
1. Creative Learning should
spend some money to buy
some teaching supplies and
teaching aids.
2. Not all the supplies that
have been bought will be
used.
3. There should be a teacher
who in charge of buying
and checking the supplies
regularly.
1. The supervisor should
spend time to monitor
the teachers.
2. The teachers will be not
confortable when the
supervisor is monitoring
them.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
The use of teaching aids is necessary. Many teachers use teaching
aids to teach children. Klaus states that, “Teaching aids are tools that
classroom teachers use to help their students learn quickly and
thoroughly” (par.1). Therefore, the use of teaching aids is very important to
teach English to children, because it can make children excited to learn
the lesson. Scott and Ytreberg state that, “A wide variety of teaching aids
is necessary in the foreign language classroom. Lesson will be much
easier and much more exciting for the children if you make full use of
things and object as well as language to get your meaning across” (108).
In addition, Grill believes that teachers need to use teaching aids because
most children below ten years old like to see and touch the objects directly
(par.1). Hence, teachers are highly recommended to use teaching aids to
teach children because the use of teaching aids make the class lively.
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Furthermore, the use of teaching aids also has some benefits. Grill
explains that:
“Teaching aids has some benefits and these teaching aids are really
useful for preschool and elementary school. The teaching aids helps
them to learn everything easily. The words and sentence are too
much confusable for the little children and educating them with
teaching aids make the teacher’s job easy” (par 1).
Thus, teaching aids are very useful for the teachers to teach the children
and make the teachers teach the lesson effectively.
There are various types of teaching aids. Scott and Ytreberg point out
that, “types of teaching aids are puppets, class mascot, paper dolls,
English corner, cardboard boxes, pictures cards, card games, board
games, word sentence cards, transparencies, calendar, and clock” (112).
Therefore, the teachers can use many varieties of teaching aids to teach
children so that children will be excited to learn.
When I had my internship in Creative Learning (hencefort C.L), I found
a problem related to the use of teaching aids. I taught two classes, each
class had two children and they were in grade one and two. The names of
the children are Cherryl, Daniel, Dinda, and Gerald. When I taught them, it
was hard for me to control the class. The children could not concentrate
on listening to my explanation. It is because I did not use various teaching
aids when I explained the lesson. Whereas, teaching aids is very important
to teach English to children. Nevertheless, the teachers in C.L did not use
various teaching aids to teach English. As a result, the children were not
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paying attention to me, asking things which were not related to the lesson,
and becoming noisy. Therefore, in this term paper I would like to analyze
the problem of not using various teaching aids to teach English to the
children in Runner class and to find the best solution to solve the problem.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on my experience during my internship program as a teacher
assistant at C.L I would like to analyze:
1. Why did the teachers in C.L not use various teaching aids to teach
English to the children in Runner class?
2. How could the use of various teaching aids be implemented at C.L
to teach English to the children in Runner class?
C. Objectives and Benefits of the Study
The objectives of the study are first, to analyze why the teachers in C.L
did not use various teaching aids to teach English. Second, the objective
is to find out some possible solutions to implement the use of various
teaching aids to teach English in C.L. Additionally, I will also find the best
solution to this problem.
By writing this term paper, there are some benefits for the institution, for
the readers, and for me. For the institution, I expect this term paper can
help the teachers of C.L to get some useful information about the use of
various teaching aids to make their children attracted to the lesson.
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Moreover, I expect this study can make the readers know the importance
of teaching aids, the variety of teaching aids, the ways to prepare teaching
aids, and how to make and use teaching aids. Furthermore, by writing this
term paper, I can share my experience to the readers and in the future if I
work as a teacher I can apply the solutions and use various teaching aids
to teach English to children.
D. Description of the Institution
C.L is a non-formal educational institution whose program is to give
English language education as a second language or foreign language to
young learners. In C.L there are also other programs such as CalisMath,
K-Math, and Pre-K.
In 2004, C.L was established in Setra Sari Plaza A/2. The owner is Mr
Setiabudi and at the moment the English teachers are Ms. Leoni, Ms.
Lean, and Mr. Nico. C.L is not only established to provide teaching
programs but also to improve children’s intellectuals, emotion, and
creativity. C.L is using a learning system which is comfortable, easy,
interactive, and fun.
E. Method of the Study
For my term paper, I analyze a problem which I find during my
internship. I collect the data from my observation and teaching experience
during my internship in Runner class; there are 4 children of 6-7 years old
and the teachers are Ms. Leoni, Ms. Leann, and myself. I record all the
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data in my internship journal. To find the solutions, I conduct a library
research to obtain relevant books and online publications to solve the
problem. Based on the analysis of several possible solutions, I would like
to find solutions of the problem of not using various teaching aids to teach
English to the children in Runner class.
F. Limitation of the Study
My term paper will focus on two teachers in C.L who did not use
various teaching aids to teach English to the children in Runner class. I
have taught English to the children and observed two teachers of C.L.
Additionally, I observed four children from two classes and each class has
two children. The observation was done during my internship program
from June 21, 2010 until July 16, 2010.
G. Organization of the Term Paper
This term paper starts with the Abstract, a summary of the whole paper
in Indonesian. It is followed by the Acknowledgements, which contains the
list of people who have supported me in writing this term paper. After that,
there is a Table of Contents which is followed by four chapters: Chapter I
is the Introduction, Chapter II contains the Problem Analysis, Chapter III
deals with Potential Solutions, and Chapter IV is the Conclusion. In the
last part of my term paper, there is a Bibliography containing the list of
references and an Appendix.
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
In the previous chapters, I have analyzed the problem and several
potential solutions. The problem is the teachers do not use various
teaching aids to teach English to children at runner class in C.L.. There are
three causes of this problem. The causes are the teachers lacked
initiative, C.L. is not providing various teaching aids and the supplies of
making teaching aids, and C.L. does not monitor the teachers’
performance. The effects of the problem are the children are not interested
in listening to the teacher’s explanation, usually it is hard for the teachers
to explain the lesson well, and the children cannot concentrate on listening
to the teacher’s explanation. To handle this problem there are some
potential solutions. The solutions are the teachers in C.L. should use
various teaching aids and make additional teaching aids, C.L. should
provide some teaching supplies for making teaching aids and various
teaching aids, and C.L. should establish a monitoring system for the
teachers.
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Based on the analysis in the previous chapters, I decide to choose the
combination of all the three potential solutions. The combination is first,
C.L. should provide some teaching aids and teaching supplies for making
teaching aids. Thus, the teachers can use the supplies whenever they
need them and the teachers will be more creative. Second, C.L. should
establish a monitoring system for the teachers. After C.L. provides some
teaching aids and teaching supplies for making teaching aids, C.L. also
has to monitor the teachers’ performance in the classroom when they
teach the children by using teaching aids. Hence, with monitoring system
the supervisor will know the teachers’ progress amd also develop teachers
teaching skill by giving feedbacks. Third, the teachers in C.L. should use
various teaching aids and make additional teaching aids. It is very
important to make children eager to listen to teachers’ explanation and
memorize the lesson faster. Siders believes that, “A teaching aid is
something a classroom teacher uses in her class to help students improve
reading and other skills, reinforce a skill, or to make learning fun” (par.1).
Moreover, when C.L. already provides teaching aids and some teaching
supplies and runs the monitoring system, the teachers will be motivated to
make and use teaching aids to teach the children.
The combination of those three solutions is useful to encourage the
teachers to develop their performance and use various teaching aids to
teach English to children, because those three solutions support one
another. If C.L. only provides some teaching aids and teaching supplies
for making teaching aids without establishing a monitoring system for the
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teachers, it will not be effective because the supervisor does not control
the teachers’ performance and know the performance of the teachers.
Consequently, it does not encourage teachers to use various teaching
aids and make additional teaching aids.
In conclusion, the use of various teaching aids could be implemented at
C.L. if C.L. provides some teaching supplies and various teaching aids,
establishes a monitoring system for the teachers, and encourages
teachers to use various teachng aids. When the three solutions are carried
out, I believe that the teachers will be creative and they will teach
effectively. Furthermore, teaching aids make children interested in
listening to the teachers’ explanation, and also make C.L. increase the
quality of teaching.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Printed Source
Scott, Wendy A, and Lisbeth H. Ytreberg. Teaching English to Children.
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