Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: The Use of Storytelling to Teach English Adjectives for Kindergarten Children: a Narrative Inquiry

The Use of Storytelling to Teach English Adjectives
For Kindergarten Children: A Narrative Inquiry

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

ALNINDA RAMANDANI

112007141

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

The Use of Storytelling to Teach English Adjectives
For Kindergarten Children: A Narrative inquiry

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

ALNINDA RAMANDANI

112007141

Approved by:

Supervisor

Examiner

Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum.

Listyani, M.Hum.

ii

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. Alninda Ramandani and Anita Kurniawati, 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.
Alninda Ramandani:

iii

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

: ALNINDA RAMANDANI
: 112007141
: ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT
: 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 USE OF STORYTELLING TO TEACH ENGLISH ADJECTIVES FOR
KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY
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
: Salatiga
Date
: August, 13th 2012
Verified by signee,

Approved by
Supervisor

Examiner

Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum

Listyani, M.Hum

iv

Abstract
This paper proposed the use of storytelling to introduce English adjectives for kindergarten
children. This was an action and qualitative research. Investigation was intended to know

how far storytelling might help teacher in teaching adjectives for kindergarten children. The
participants of this study were fifteen children - a class all together - of five to six years old
in Pantekosta Kindergarten, Magelang and they learnt English as a foreign language. There
were six times teaching and the children were given a story in each meeting. The inquiry
was narrated from teacher’s personal journals and experts’ point of view. Eventually, this
paper resulted positively. It was proven that storytelling offers fruitful contributions in the
process of adjectives teaching, which are: providing such a relaxed atmosphere; providing a
meaningful context of language learning; helping children to be concentrate; and attracting
children in learning through gestures, voice intonation, repetition, recalling, and pictures.

Keywords: Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Young Learner, Storytelling,
Vocabulary

v