Register Journal
Vol 13, No 2 (2020): REGISTER JOURNAL

Creating Full English Atmosphere in Teaching English to Young Learners: Teachers’ Perspectives

Annisa Astrid (UIN Raden Fatah Palembang)
Amalia Hasanah (UIN Raden Fatah Palembang)
Syafryadin Syafryadin (Postgraduate Program of English Education, University of Bengkulu.)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Oct 2020

Abstract

The research had two objectives; 1) to explore teachers’ belief about the use of full English during learning activities, and 2) to determine the factors that affected the use of full English in teaching English to teach English to young learners. Embedded mixed method was used in this study. The quantitative data were gained by distributing 1 set of closed-response questionnaire item to 38 teachers of English who teach English at elementary schools in Palembang, a capital city of South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Meanwhile, the qualitative data were gained from one-to-one in depth interview to 15 teachers of English who were willing to be interviewed. Students’ responses to each questionnaire item were analyzed by using descriptive statistics analysis by Employing SPSS program. Meanwhile, the qualitative data gained from the interview were analyzed by using thematic analysis. It was revealed from the study that first, teachers shared positive belief about the use of full English while teaching English in the class. Secondly, there are five factors that affected the use of full English during learning activities; 1) The English Proficiency of the teachers; 2) School Policy; 3) The homogeneous level of students’ language performance 4) Teacher’s classroom management skills and 5) Students’ attitude toward English.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

register

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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The name of REGISTER JOURNAL was taken from the concept of REGISTER and it has clearly been described by Trudgill (1983:101) as follows: Linguistic varieties that are linked ... to occupations, professions or topics have been termed registers. The register of law, for example, is different from ...