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THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
ii
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
Approved by:
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This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Jumiarsih and Anita Kurniawati H., M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Jumiarsih:
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As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
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:
:
:
:
:
Jumiarsih
112008090
English Education
Language and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL STUDENTS
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
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Date
: Salatiga
: 15 June 2012
Verified by signee,
Jumiarsih
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The Role of L1 in Teaching English to Pre-School Students
Jumiarsih
ABSTRACT
Although English should be the primary means of communication in EFL classroom,
L1 is still useful to support the teaching and learning process. Since the use of L1 in EFL
classroom becomes a debatable issue among scholars and creates pros and cons, this study
was aimed to find out the purposes of using L1 when teaching English to pre-school students.
This study was conducted in Satya Wacana Children Centre, a bilingual pre-school in
Salatiga. The participant was the teacher. The instrument of data collection was classroom
observation in which the teaching and learning process in the classroom were recorded seven
times to get fix data from the participant. After getting all the recordings, the teacher’s talks
in the recording were transcribed and then the use of L1 was classified based on the
observation protocol provided. The result showed that the teacher used L1 for certain
purposes. They were conveying meaning when responding to the students’ answers and
questions, giving instruction when explaining about what the students should do and should
not do, giving feedback to the students when the teacher saw the students had finished their
works, checking comprehension to check whether the students understood the instruction or
not, explaining new or unfamiliar words and reprimanding the students when the students
were busy with themselves and did not pay attention to the teacher. This study was hoped to
give an insight to the teachers that in teaching English, especially when the learners are still
beginners, the learners’ L1 is still useful in certain circumstances.
Keywords: role, L1, teaching English, pre-school students
1
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
ii
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL
STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jumiarsih
112008090
Approved by:
iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Jumiarsih and Anita Kurniawati H., M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Jumiarsih:
iv
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
Kind of Work
:
:
:
:
:
Jumiarsih
112008090
English Education
Language and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
THE ROLE OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO PRE-SCHOOL STUDENTS
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
: 15 June 2012
Verified by signee,
Jumiarsih
Approved by
v
The Role of L1 in Teaching English to Pre-School Students
Jumiarsih
ABSTRACT
Although English should be the primary means of communication in EFL classroom,
L1 is still useful to support the teaching and learning process. Since the use of L1 in EFL
classroom becomes a debatable issue among scholars and creates pros and cons, this study
was aimed to find out the purposes of using L1 when teaching English to pre-school students.
This study was conducted in Satya Wacana Children Centre, a bilingual pre-school in
Salatiga. The participant was the teacher. The instrument of data collection was classroom
observation in which the teaching and learning process in the classroom were recorded seven
times to get fix data from the participant. After getting all the recordings, the teacher’s talks
in the recording were transcribed and then the use of L1 was classified based on the
observation protocol provided. The result showed that the teacher used L1 for certain
purposes. They were conveying meaning when responding to the students’ answers and
questions, giving instruction when explaining about what the students should do and should
not do, giving feedback to the students when the teacher saw the students had finished their
works, checking comprehension to check whether the students understood the instruction or
not, explaining new or unfamiliar words and reprimanding the students when the students
were busy with themselves and did not pay attention to the teacher. This study was hoped to
give an insight to the teachers that in teaching English, especially when the learners are still
beginners, the learners’ L1 is still useful in certain circumstances.
Keywords: role, L1, teaching English, pre-school students
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