Analysis of Teachers’ Readiness in Teaching English to Young Learners at Kindergartes (A Study of the Kindergartens in Salatiga in the Academic Year of 2015/2016)

Saputri, Deni Angga (2016) Analysis of Teachers’ Readiness in Teaching English to Young Learners at Kindergartes (A Study of the Kindergartens in Salatiga in the Academic Year of 2015/2016). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

The research of this graduating paper had started with concerns of teacher’s readiness in teaching English to young learners. The aim of the research paper is not only to describe the teachers’ readiness but also to identify the factor which is hinder teacher to teaching English for young learner at kindergarten. Focused to the research methodology, descriptive qualitative was applied to gain the research purposes. Conducted in eighteen kindergartens in Salatiga were taken to support the collecting process of the research. Completing the data collection, eighteen teachers were given the questionnaire and interview. Analyzed descriptively, two findings are obtained. First, teacher readiness is categorized as ‘very high’ readied teachers which scored in percentage 81%. This score analyzed from three indicators, emotive attitudinal readiness, cognitive readiness, and behavioral readiness. Second, the factors which hindering the teaching English to young learner consist of four kinds are mother tongue which Javanese or Indonesian language has different pattern from English, instructional material which is difficult to find the instrument for teaching, social interaction between students, and family background which affected to the students attitude.

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