English For Young Learners

Final Assignment
ENGLISH FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
BY :
I MADE RIAN IRWANTO (A1D2 11 101)

RONA FAJAR WANA (A1D2 11 079)
SARTIKA LISMAWATI (A1D2 12 109)
MAGDALENA HUTABARAT (A1D2 12 113)
ERINDA SAPTARINA (A1D2 12 115)
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY
KENDARI
2014
1. Background
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English has become the international and common language in the

world, it has also become one of the components of tertiary, secondary,
primary and even pre-school education in the EFL teaching contexts.
There is now a growing tendency among Indonesian people to introduce
English to children starting from the early age, through either formal or
informal education. This can be seen from the mushrooming of bilingual
and international schools where English is used as the language of
instruction as well as the increasing number of English courses aimed
especially for children.
There has been English for Young Learners among Indonesian
people, especially those living in big cities. They ambitiously try to instill
English into their children by sending them to play groups, kindergarten
or courses offering English designed especially for children. Schools
which offer bilingual classes are also of parents favorite. Having
children who are able to use English seems to be considered a necessity
in this current age of globalization. Most people think that English is
taught best at the early stage. They believe that the earlier children
learn English, and the more exposure to the language, the better it will
be. This actually is a fallacy because the success of foreign language
learning is not merely determined by the age and exposure factors.
There are still many other factors that have to be considered to make
sure that. Ironically, in Indonesia some English teachers of young
learners teaching in the pre-school education (play group and
kindergarten) have never been a young foreign language learner
themselves or never experienced being a student in a young learner
English class.
Teaching English to Young Learners will be effective, such as the
nature of language instruction given, psychological and social factors,
teaching materials, individual differences in cognitive and learning
styles, and many other factors. Teachers of English for young learners
need to be creative to make atmosphere in the class is fun, one of
strategy to learn English for Young Learners is playing games. Much kind
of games is appropriate to apply in teaching English for Young Learners.
For example, the game Where and what am I it is very appropriate
games to teach new vocabulary to young learners, it can make the
young learner be fun and be active. So, to teaching English for Young
Learners, the teacher should be creative to combine strategy and
approach in teaching young learner, and also should be properly
handled if it is to be successful. It needs highly skilled and dedicated
teaching.
2. Problem
Based on the background, the problems of this study are:
a. How to apply games in teaching English for young learners (in this
case is Where and what am I games?
3. Purpose
Based on the problem statement, the purposes of this study are:
a. To know how to play Where and what am I games in teaching
English for Young Learners.
4. Scope
The scope of this study is the students in English for Young Learners
class. They are the students who took English for Young Learners as one
of their subject in this semester.
5. Place and Time
This study has been done in Monday, June 23th 2014; at 14.00. This
study has been done in class. Especially, in room C4, in front of class.
6. About the Game (Where and What am I?)
This activity is a kind of vocabulary game in which the learners
attention is focused mainly on words. It provides vocabulary practice
and improves the memory. Moreover, this game is to introduction some
things to young learner. Besides, this game is very fun, so the students
will enjoy studying English in the class. This game is used in-of-class
activity. They will not feel bored because this game makes the students
more active. The activity may be linked with arts, it depends on teacher,
if he/she wants to spend one whole lesson only with drawing pictures or
he/she ask the art teacher to have an extra lesson, where children will
draw pictures for the English game.
Age
: Kindergarten
Level of English Difficulty
: Easy
Number of Players
: 10 (divide into 2 groups)
Time for Play
: 30 minutes
Materials
: 10 real objects (pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, book,
paper, watch, key, tissue, and hat).
Aims
: Vocabulary practice, increase the power of
their memory and enrich vocabulary.
Preparation
: Help students memorize the names of ten
items, choose the students who will look for the
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hidden items.
7. Rules of the Game

Object of the game: to be the fastest to find and identify the most
object.
a. Tell five players (group one) to hide their eyes while you or other
players hide ten items.
b. Tell five players the names of the ten things that are hidden
around the room.
c. The player should remember the names of the items and look for
them.
d. The player who finds the most items and remembers their English
names wins the round.
e. Tell five new players to hide their eyes while you hide the ten
items.
f. Remind the players of ten names of the items that they should
find.
g. The player who finds the most items and remembers their English
names wins the round.
h. Place the items on the table so that the winners of Rounds 1 and 2
can reach them.
i. When you say the name of an item, the players should grab the
items as quickly as possible.
j. The one who grabs the most wins the game.
8. The Result of playing the Game
After practicing this game in the class, we can conclude the result
that we get.
a. The student being more active;
b. The student dont feel bored at the teaching process;
c. The student know the things that we can find in the class room;
d. This game is one of the good ways that we can use in the class to
teaching vocabulary for the young learner. The teaching process
will be more fun.
9. Suggestion
After practicing this game in the class, we get some suggestion from
our friends in the class.
a. It will be better if the group of the student consist of girls and
boys;
b. It will be better if before we begin the game, the teacher mention
the things that we will use in the game;
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c. It will be better if the things that we use in the part 1 and part 2
are different.
d. But overall, based on their opinion, the game that we have
simulated in the class is good. They love the way my friend as a
teacher give the instruction to the student.
10.
Evaluation of this activity
After practicing this game in the class, we get more information of

variation to make this game more fun and enjoy. There are:
a. In the game, we should divide the young learner in two groups. To
divide the young learner we dont make a group based on the
gender, because it will make the young learner not appreciate the
difference of gender. We have to mix them between boys and
girls. So, they can appreciate the gender differences and not
awkward to play with opposite gender.
b. In the game, we have to introduce the objects that will be used in
the game to make the young learners easily understand the
objects. This will make the young learners recognize the object.
Although, the object is different shape but have the same
functionality.
c. In the game, we can use more objects. It would be better if
objects being used in the first group are different from the object
will be use in the second group. So, the young learner will get
more new vocabulary and also avoid cheating of the group who
play in the second times.
d. To make the young learner can be controlled with both in this
game, is unbelievably good if the game is done in the class room.

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ENGLISH FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

I MADE RIAN IRWANTO (A1D2 11 101)

English has become the international and common language in the

7. Rules of the Game

Evaluation of this activity

After practicing this game in the class, we get more information of

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