STRATEGIES OF TEACHING ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST-GRADE STUDENTS BY PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOUNDATION

Abstract

Teaching English for elementary school will be obligated in Indonesia based on the decree of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Republic of Indonesia Number 12-year 2024. However, many teachers of elementary schools in Indonesia do not have many experiences in teaching English. Therefore, the easiest way to help the teachers is by providing the models of teaching English that can be the teachers’ sources in learning how to teach English for the elementary students. Nowadays, many models of teaching are available in the YouTube. One of teaching models is presented by Peace and Happiness Foundation channel. This model of teaching is appropriate for early stage of students in learning English because the contents are very basic and easy and the strategies of the teacher in delivering the contents in a good manner. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the teacher’s strategies in teaching English for the first-grade students by Peace and Happiness Foundation. The study uses qualitative content analysis. The result shows that the teacher’s strategies in teaching English are using English as a medium of communication, slowing down with clear pronunciation, and always giving good feedback for the students. In the first, the teacher and the students do meditations, doing physical warming up, and singing a song and continued with the learning the material. This study suggests that the English teachers should be a good model for their students in learning English.