RAISING STUDENTS’ ATTENTION WITH PICTURES IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN GRADE V OF SD N SIDAKAN BANARAN GALUR KULON PROGO

Abstrak / Ringkasan

The objective of this research is to raise the students’ attention in the English teaching and learning process in grade V of elementary school of SD N Sidakan, Banaran, Galur, Kulon Progo in the academic year of 2011/2012 using pictures. The pictures used were cartoon pictures in the form of posters, flashcards, and small pictures in the worksheet.
The research type is action research. The steps of this research were reconnaissance, planning, implementation and observation, and reflection. The data were collected by interviewing the students of grade V, the school principal, and the collaborators, observing the teaching and learning process, taking pictures and videos of the teaching and learning process on first semester from November 26th 2011 to January 13th 2012. The instruments of data collection were audio, visual and visual-audio recorders (tape recorder/mp 3 and a photo camera. To fulfill the validity of the data, the researcher follows the criteria of the validity proposed by Burns (1999). They are democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity
The findings of the actions both in Cycle I and in Cycle II show that pictures were effective to raise the students’ attention in the English teaching and learning process at the fifth grade students of elementary school at SD N Sidakan. The students were more active and motivated during the English instruction. The indicators of the success of the actions were: 1). the students enjoyed the English instruction; 2). the students’ attention to the English teaching and learning process were on the rise; 3). the classroom interaction during the English teaching learning process was on the rise; and 4). the students were motivated and enthusiastic during the teaching learning process.

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