EXPLORING PRESENTATION SKILLS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER WITH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Main Author: Asep Gunawan, - (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2009-02-27.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Link Metadata
• Notes: http://repository.upi.edu/92718/1/s_c0351_043441_table_of_content.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/92718/2/s_c0351_043441_chapter1.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/92718/3/s_c0351_043441_chapter3.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/92718/4/s_c0351_043441_bibliography.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General)

ABSTRACT The research entitled Exploring Presentation Skills of Elementary School English Teachers with Different Educational Backgrounds (A Qualitative Research towards Fifth-Grade English Teachers in SD Negeri Gumuruh Utara Bandung, West Java) was aimed to investigate the oral English and teaching strategies used by English teachers. It also was aimed to find out the participants' perspective about the basic requirements of English teacher in Elementary level. This research was qualitative in nature. The data were gained from three groups of participants, which are four English teachers, three Headmasters, and twenty English Education Department's students using observation, interview, and questionnaire. Then, the data was analyzed using Triangulation method. The findings showed that the teachers with English educational background had a higher performance in oral English presentation skills. However, there was no fundamental difference in teaching strategies used by all English teachers observed. With regard to the findings, the participants highlighted seven requirements of English teachers, which are (1) understand about the management of learning, (2) understand about young learners' characteristics, (3) having good personal characteristics, (4) having willingness to teach English, (5) having an educational background, (6) having a supporting system from school, and (7) having a supporting system from the government.