EXPLORING STUDENTS’ SELF CONFIDENCE IN ENGLISH TEACHING USING JAZZ CHANTS FOR THAI EFL YOUNG LEARNERS

Indrawati, Agustin (2024) EXPLORING STUDENTS’ SELF CONFIDENCE IN ENGLISH TEACHING USING JAZZ CHANTS FOR THAI EFL YOUNG LEARNERS. Undergraduate thesis, UIN KHAS JEMBER.

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Abstract

The contemporary teaching of English as a foreign language presents significant challenges for educators, especially when addressing young learners. Teachers sometimes find it difficult to find suitable methods for teaching. This not only has an impact on students' skills, but also has an impact on psychological aspect, namely, students' self-confidence. Therefore the researcher interested in investigating students` self-confidences in learning English by using the Jazz Chants strategy.
In this study researcher has two aims. The objective of the study: 1) to describe the enacting of teaching English using Jazz Chants for THAI EFL young learners. 2) to describe how Jazz Chants can build students' self-confidence in teaching English for THAI EFL young learners
This research employed a qualitative case study. It was conducted at Kindergarten Anuban Santiwit Songkhla Technological Collage Thailand. The researcher chooses 16 students of kindergarten level 2 as the participants of this study. The data was obtained from observation, interview, document review, and video recordings. The data were analyzed using data analysis proposed by Miles, Hubermen, and Saldana that compasses data condensation, data display, and drawing and verifying conclusion.
The result of this study revealed that: 1) the teacher taught the lyrics in a traditional way by writing the lyrics on the whiteboard. The lyrics was taught by the teacher by giving them the lyrics taught by chunks by chunks, body movement, and translate the lyrics into culturally appropriate translation in THAI, which follow the concept of ICC particularly the knowledge by Londono. 2) jazz chants build students` self-confidence because there were repetition include it, used rhythm and melody to Sparks students enthusiasm, then dancing and body movement which made to be joyful learning environment. Teachers can use visual aids, such as videos or sounds, to make students more interested in jazz singing and feel more excited about the material provided.

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