“The Devil Made Me
Do It”: Handling and Dealing with Children’s Behaviors
Christian Puguh
Sulistiyo
Titut Sutyani
Teaching
children brings its own unique challenges. Teachers’ prior knowledge and experiences
with English for adults or teenagers may not necessarily support them in
dealing with children, as the nature of the two age groups is totally
different. In a children’s classroom, behavioral matters need to be paid more
special attention than in adults’ since these may be a crucial factor that
would hamper the teaching and learning process. It can therefore be said that
teaching English to children in reality involves not just giving classroom
instruction but also handling disruptive behaviors. To deal with the issue,
presenter has conducted action research in which handling students behavior is
integrated into the language instruction. Presenter believes that this will
result in a more effective language learning in
children’s classes. Presenter will share the tools/instrument used in
identifying kinds of behavior occurs in the classroom, classifying the students
into behavior group and finding ways out to control disruptive behavior.
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Sulistiyo, C. P., & Sutyani, T. (2005, March). The devil made me
do it: Handling and dealing with children’s behaviours. Paper presented at LIA International Conference,
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