Detail Primary Students’ Attitudes Towards The Use of Folklore in The Efl Class   Oleh:  Mutiara, Rika Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 4, page 47-53. Topik: literature; attitude; young learners Fulltext: hal 47.pdf (9.39MB) Isi artikel Teaching English to young learners is unique because young learners have different characters with other learners. These characters should be accommodated in learning activities to encourage the young learners enjoy the lessons. This enjoyment makes them involve in the lesson so they get opportunities to practice their language skills. One of the characters of young learners is rich of imagination. The lessons will be more interesting if they have opportunity to use their imagination. Imagination can be included in the lesson with the use of representational language (Mc Rae, 1991). Representational language can be found in some types of texts such as stories and poems. Stories are commonly heard and read by young learners. Some types of stories such as folklore are popular in children world over the course of time. This study aims at investigating students’ attitudes towards the use of folklore in learning English. The participants of the study were 126 fifth graders in a private school in Jakarta. In four weeks, they attended the lessons in which folklore was used as the learning material in teaching English. They filled the open-ended and close-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire was used to gather some information such as students’ interest and involvement. The result of the study shows that more than a half of the students have positive attitudes. Around 30 percent to 40 percent students have neutral opinions. A number of students want to study English again using stories because it is fun and they like the activities. It can be seen that using stories is useful and in line with children’s characteristics. It also shows folklore as the authentic material can be applied in the language class for young learners. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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