Pupils attitude to learning English

Children do not come to their English lessons like blank sheet of papers. They already have views about attitude toward learning English, as the two quotes to ten years old Spanish children show these attitude student are formed by the social environment in which they grow up and by the people around them .it is important to be aware of these attitudes as they can influences pupils desire and motivation to learn and ultimately their success in learning English. In this chapter will consider; Pupils attitudes to learning English and what influences them Finding out about pupils attitude Ways of developing positive attitudes towards English Teachers attitudes to their own language Pupils attitudes to learning English and what influences them Task 1 Do you like to learning English? It is difficult to know exactly what has influenced pupils attitudes but we could guess from the comments that pupils are influenced by; Teaching method (it is difficult, I feel left behind), Seeing a need for English outside school (work in other countries, useful leader on, understand game instruction, world language), Personal preferences interest in language (it is a beautiful language). Pupils attitudes seem to change as they get older, perhaps in response to internal development and different experiences in their environment. It is interesting to consider differences in attitudes between age groups and also differences in the factor which influence their attitudes.

Task 2 Differences in attitudes between age group What factors are likely to influence the attitudes of younger children aged six to ten?

Younger children tend to be influenced by their feelings for their teacher, the general learning atmosphere in the classroom the method used and by their parents opinion. Two of the most important reasons for pupils liking English appear to be teacher and teaching method. However parental and peer influences are important and need to be considered in trying to develop positive attitudes. Parental influences may be more important in younger children, while peer influences may become more important as children approach their teens. There do seem to be differences in attitudes to learning English between age groups younger children tend to be more enthusiastic, while older children (11-12 upwards) often become less interested, embarrassed by having to learn a language or even hostile because they dont want to seem foolish in front of their friends. Attitudes do not remind fixed and can be positively or negatively by influences or pupils from outside school. Finding out about pupils attitude Task 3 What do teachers think influences pupils attitudes? Teachers and pupils both mention the teacher method and focus on games and communication as being information. They also both refer to the influences of youth culture. One child say its cool to learn English Teachers also point out the children have no real need for the language they have to learn it because it is on the curriculum. The older pupils quoted earlier, however, all see need for English. Two Teachers indicate how attitudes change as pupils move up the school and more effort is demanded. Think about why attitudes seem to chance as pupils get older. It is because teaching methods get less interesting, more formal, and more exam-oriented? Or is it because pupils are changing emotionally, physically, and cognitively, and are becoming more influenced by youth culture and peer opinion, which are sometimes anti-school. It is important to find out what our pupils attitudes are from time to time. We can assume that we know what they are. Children are every bit as complex emotionally as adults, and are equally effected by their experiences with regard to their language learning.

Ways of developing positive attitudes towards English Task 4 why they dont like learning English?

 What are your own worries or concerns about pupils attitudes towards and motivations for English? Below are some worries or concerns that teachers have mentioned with regard to attitude and motivation. Thick those which best describe your situation or write down the sentence which describes your own situations. a. My pupils only enjoy English lessons when I am doing games or songs. b. My pupils are interested in English just to pass their exams. So they do not want to do communicative activities. c. I have limited resources or materials to teach English so it is hard to make lesson interesting for pupils. d. While my younger pupils are very free in using English, so it is very hard to get my older pupils to say anything. e. Pupils rely on the teachers to motivate them they dont know how to develop their own interest on the language. f. Some of my pupils start with positive attitudes to English but soon lose interest when they begin to fail. My pupils think I think We know that successful learning is linked with positive attitudes, so when we have identified negative feelings, we can look for ways to contract them.

Task 5 finding solutions Match the solutions or suggestions below to the problems identified task 4. 1. Encourage pupils to bring in material they may at home, eg postcards in English, labels in English, songs, stamp, etc. 2. Adapt activities to suit the level of your pupils so that you give each the pupils a chance of being successful at his or her level. Pair pupils so that a stronger pupil works with a weaker pupil. 3. In the long term, you want pupils to be able to create their own reasons or goals for learning English, to self motivate. Help them to create action plans

for them term. Show some examples made by other pupils and discuss with them some goal. 4. Tray to make sure that each activity has clear and understandable purpose for the pupils, eg Lets listen for the words of this song you like. Then you will be able to sing it yourself. Discuss at the end of the lesson which activities pupils have done and help them to understand the reasons for doing them. Get them to evaluate activities they have done which they did not like. Find out maybe they did not realize it could help with English. 5. Younger pupils tend to have less fixed attitudes and to be more flexible. Older pupils (age12 and over) are becoming more self-coconscious, and some are becoming interested in sex. 6. Teachers attitudes to their own language In other to be able to be develop positive attitudes to inglish in your pupils,you need to be aware of how you feel about English and teaching English. Generally luz same to have verypositive attitudes, to English and to her pupils however she same to be less compident about her own English pupils attitudes to lerning English younger children tend to be more positive and enthusiastic, while older children less interested, sometime even hostile The Teacher, teaching methods and perent are strong influence on yanger children, while their peers and youth culture may have a stronger influence on adolestencent nevertheless, in school influences( teachers, methods,

success,school culture) are clearly important for allage group and you, as teacher, can play an important role in creating a learning envirotment which will help to be develop positive attitudes to English way in which you could investigate pupils attitudes. We cant assume that we can what pupils attitudes are,as they are likely to very according to each individuals experience feeling and build on positive feelings you can monitor your pupils attitudes through quistionares,discusstion, learning diaries and poster display The

impormation collected and the discustion will help to raise your awarenessabout the variety of attitudes among your pupils suggestion for develoving positive attitudes towards English. Theacher are concerned about negative attitudes, which open relate to the pupils lack for need for learning English, the effect of failure, change to relate, eg increased embarrassment about using English in front of peers, there are to counteract this,which include making use of pupils, own matrealsvarying activities to suit ability, pupils setting realistuic goals and plans for learning How your own attitudes your English or teaching English may effect your pupils attitudes if,for example you feel worried about your own English or about teaching English, this might affect your enthusiasm in class and so effect the learning environtment and,in turn, pupils feelings towerds English

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Children Language Aquitations (CLA)

Ninth group: Abdul hakim Sahlim Nikmatul husna Pahrul hadi zurriatin adniah rida fitriani

STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ART EDUCATION STKIP HAMZANWADI SELONG 2011