Tesis

Character building in online and face-to-face efl classrooms in junior high school the strategies and challenges / Astri Ratnasari

Abstrak
This study aimed to scrutinize teachers rsquo strategies and challenges of character building in online and face-to-face EFL classrooms in the context of Indonesian Junior High School. This study intended to gain a deeper understanding on the teaching reality focusing on the students rsquo behavioral problems the teachers might face during online and face-to-face teaching as well as the teachers rsquo responses and strategies on overcoming the problems. This study falls into qualitative study category specifically a case study which focused on the exploration and description of two cases. There were two participants in this study which were two English teachers teaching seventh grade students who had experienced online teaching. The data were obtained by doing classroom observations and recorded interviews. Then the data were analyzed by transcribing the voice recordings coding the text segments generating themes displaying findings and interpreting the data. The findings revealed that the two teachers had different approaches regarding of character building. The first teacher Miss Amy attempted the character building internally in the classroom and also externally by involving the students rsquo parents. Meanwhile the second teacher Miss Nina chose to deal with the students herself by reinforcing the rules using rewards and punishments. Miss Amy used speech acts modeling teaching materials and habituation. While Miss Nina used speech acts teaching materials rule reinforcement and habituation. Both of the teachers mentioned the same challenges of teaching seventh grade students which affected the character building attempt. The challenges were time allotment the absence of English subject in some elementary schools and the zoning system. The limited time caused the teachers to prefer focusing on the students rsquo academic competences and delivering materials more than character building. The absence of English subject in some elementary schools caused the lack of some students rsquo prior knowledge which affected their confidence and interests towards English. The zoning system also caused the students to be more various academically and behaviorally. In conclusion the study suggests that the character building in online classroom is more difficult than in face-to-face classroom. The teacher should be able to exhibit the character traits based on Pancasila student profiles. The school should be able to provide facilities which enhance the development of good character traits. The further researchers can investigate about the character building for teachers.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rt 420.7 RAT c

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2021.

Deskripsi Fisik

xiii, 83 hlm. ; Ilus. ; 30 cm

Bahasa

Indonesia

No Reg

05024/KI/22

Edisi

Tesis (Pascasarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2021

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - STUDI DAN PENGAJARAN
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER
3. ENGLISH - STUDY AND TEACHING

Pembimbing

1. Ekaning Dewanti Laksmi; 2. Nunung Suryati

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