AN EFFECTIVENESS OF VARK QUESTIONNAIRE IN DETERMINING THE MOST SUITABLE TEACHING METHOD FOR PRIVATE COURSE STUDENT : A CASE STUDY A THESIS BY YOANA TASYA FIETRA REG. NO. 120705104 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016
AN EFFECTIVENESS OF VARK QUESTIONNAIRE IN DETERMINING THE MOST SUITABLE TEACHING METHOD FOR PRIVATE COURSE STUDENT : A CASE STUDY A THESIS BY YOANA TASYA FIETRA REG. NO. 120705104 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 vi
AN EFFECTIVENESS OF VARK QUESTIONNAIRE IN DETERMINING THE MOST SUITABLE TEACHING METHOD FOR PRIVATE COURSE STUDENT : A CASE STUDY A THESIS BY YOANA TASYA FIETRA REG. NO. 120705104 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip. TESOL, M.Hum Drs. Yulianus Harefa, MEd TESOL NIP. 19540528 198303 2 001 NIP. 19610703 198601 1 001 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra From Department English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 vii
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 viii
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on Wednesday, 27 th July 2016 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D. Drs. Bahagia Tarigan, M.A. Drs. Chairul Husni, MEd TESOL Drs. Yulianus Harefa, MEd TESOL ix
AUTHOR S DECLARATION I, YOANA TASYA FIETRA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Yoana Tasya Fietra Date : July 27 th, 2016 v
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillah, all praises go to Almighty Allah SWT who has guided me to every success that I have had throughout my life. Without his blessing, I would not be able to achieve any good things in this life include in completing this thesis as one of the requirements to get my first degree from English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. Peace and blessing be upon the prophet Muhammad saw who brings us the brightness life until this time. I would like to express my deepest thanks and gratitude to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, MS. Thanks to the head of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS, and the Secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D and to all the lecturers of English Department for all assistances, valuable knowledge and motivation during my academic year. I also should say many thanks to my Supervisor, Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip. TESOL, M.Hum, who have provided valuable time, expertise, guidance and challenged me to do my best. Gratitude and appreciation are also dedicated to my Co-supervisor, Drs. Yulianus Harefa, MEd TESOL who always support me to finish my thesis. My deepest gratitude is also goes to my father, Endang Gunawan and my mother, Darmayanti who always support, unceasing prayers, taught me to be always humble and patient in doing anything and good wishes provided me with high motivation to finish my thesis immediately. vii
Warm special appreciation goes to my brother and sisters ; Yogi, Ucha and Oliv who give me all support I needed when I am stuck in writing and finishing my thesis. To all my friends, thank you for being the person who understand me in my bad mood during the process of writing this thesis, encourage me to continue and finish my thesis when I am lulled by the time and spare the time to do the happy and precious things I never forget in my life in relieving the boredom temporarily during the process of writing this thesis. In writing this thesis, I admit that this thesis is far from being perfect even though I think that what I have done is my best so I really need suggestions for this thesis. Without any helps and support from all participants, this thesis would not be completed. Finally, I must say many thanks to those who have involved in finishing this thesis and I hope this thesis would be useful for the readers and next researchers in the future. Medan, July 2016 The Researcher, Yoana Tasya Fietra 120705104 viii
ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul An Effectiveness of VARK Questionnaire in Determining The Most Suitable Teaching Method for Private Course Student. Bertahun-tahun, tujuan pengajaran bahasa adalah menemukan metode yang tepat. Sebagai seorang guru, harus memahami bagaimana mengajar murid dengan cara yang baik dengan memilih metode yang tepat. Saya menggunakan kuesioner VARK versi (7.8). untuk mengetahui metode pengajaran apa yang paling tepat digunakan untuk murid berdasarkan gaya belajar murid. VARK adalah jenis tes psikologi yang memiliki beberapa pertanyaan berdasarkan perilaku manusia, sikap dan kebiasaan kebanyakan orang jika mereka berada di suatu masalah atau posisi. Dalam hal ini, saya berusaha menganalisis adakah peningkatan skor atau tidak dari pre test dan post test yang saya berikan kepada murid les privat saya, Haddist Cherya, yang bersekolah di SMP Swasta Al-Musabbihin, Perumahan Tasbih, Medan yang memiliki gaya belajar kinestetik. Tentunya, setelah saya mendapatkan hasil gaya belajar melalui jawabannya menjawab kuesioner VARK. Metode yang saya gunakan adalah Community Language Learning dan Communicative Approach karena dua metode ini sangat cocok dengan jenis dan karakteristik dari gaya belajar kinestetik. Saya menggunakan teori dari Bennett yang mengatakan bahwa sampai sekarang psikologi mempunyai bagian dalam mempelajari bahasa dan penggunaannya. Artinya, sedikit banyaknya psikologi mempunyai peran dalam proses belajar mengajar. Dalam menganalisis metode dan teknik yang digunakan, saya menggunakan Metode Kuantitatif, yaitu suatu metode yang menggambarkan dan mengidentifikasi kesimpulan untuk suatu populasi atau sampel. Selanjutnya, dalam menulis skripsi dan melakukan penelitian, saya menggunakan beberapa referensi dari bermacammacam sumber yang berdasarkan pada buku-buku, e-book, dan internet. Disamping itu, saya juga melakukan penelitian langsung menjadi guru yang mengajar murid les privat saya, menemukan gaya belajar murid dan memberikan beberapa tes. Saya menghabiskan waktu selama seminggu untuk melakukan penelitian. Adapun hasil yang saya dapatkan setelah melakukan penelitian adalah adanya peningkatan skor ketika pengajar sudah mengetahui gaya belajar murid. Hal ini dapat terlihat dari hasil pre test dengan nilai 80 dengan menunjukkan hasil baik dengan nilai B dan hasil post test dengan nilai 85 dengan menunjukkan hasil baik sekali dengan nilai A. Ini menunjukkan bahwa VARK dapat dipergunakan untuk meningkatkan nilai murid. Kata Kunci: Metode Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris, Kuesioner VARK, Gaya Belajar, Murid Les Privat ix
ABSTRACT The title of this thesis is An Effectiveness of VARK Questionnaire in Determining The Most Suitable Teaching Method for Private Course Student. For many years, the goal of language pedagogy was to find the right method. As a teacher, must understand how to teach their student in a good way by selecting a suitable method. I used VARK questionnaire version (7.8). to know what the most suitable teaching method will use for the student based on the student s learning style. VARK is the kind of psychological test that has some questions based on human behavior, attitude and habit of the mostly people if they were in a problem or position. In this research, I try to analyze whether there are enhancement scores or not from pre test and post test scores that I give to my private course student, Haddist Cherya who studies at Private Junior High School Al-Musabbihin, Tasbih Residential, Medan that has kinesthetic learning style. Of course, after I got the student s learning style by answering VARK questionnaire. The methods that I used are Community Language Learning and Communicative Approach because these two methods are clearly suitable to the kinds and characteristics of kinesthetic learning style. I used the theory from Bennett said that psychology has hitherto played little part in the study of language and its use. That means more or less there are the role of psychology in teaching learning process. In analyzing the methods and techniques that are used, I used the Quantitative method, that is drawing and identifying inferences to the population or sample. Furthermore, in writing this thesis and doing the research, I used some references from various sources based on some books, e-book, and internet. In addition, I also make a direct research to be the teacher who teach my private course student, find the student s learning style and give the tests. I spent one week to do the research. The result that I found from my research shows there are enhancement when the teacher is already know the student s learning style. It showed from the result of pre test is 80 has shown a good comprehension with grade B and the result of post test is 85 has shown an excellent comprehension with grade A. This shows that VARK can use to improve the scores of the student. Keywords: English Teaching Methods, VARK Questionnaire, Learning Style, Private Course Student x
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR S DECLARATION v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... vii ABSTRAK.. ix ABSTRACT x TABLE OF CONTENTS.. xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study. 1 1.2 Problems of the study 4 1.3 Objectives of the study.. 4 1.4 Scope of the study 4 1.5 Significance of the study.. 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Relevant studies... 6 2.2 Teaching... 7 2.3 Learning 9 2.4 Psychology and Testing... 11 2.5 Learning style 2.5.1 The definition of learning style. 13 2.5.2 Learning style instrument from Neil Fleming's VARK.... 13 2.6 Methods and Techniques in Teaching-Learning. 16 xi
2.7 Learning Outcomes... 33 CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design... 35 3.2 The source of data 36 3.3 Techniques of Collecting data.. 36 3.4 Techniques of Analyzing data.. 39 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 Analysis of Teaching-Learning Process 4.1.1 Profile of the student. 41 4.1.2 Research Day. 42 4.2 Findings 50 CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions.. 51 5.2 Suggestions.. 52 REFERENCES... 55 APPENDICES. xii