Teachers’ Beliefs and Teaching Behaviors in Young Learners English Class

Abstract

This study was conducted in one Elementary school to examine how teachers’ beliefs toward young learner and TEYL are reflected in their teaching behaviors. Research question for this study is how teachers’ beliefs toward young learners are reflected in their teaching behaviors in English class? The participant for this study is two teachers from one elementary school in Salatiga. Interviews and observations were used as the instruments to collect the data. Interview was used to get the teachers’ beliefs and observation was used to see how teachers’ beliefs are reflected in their teaching. Through the observations, the researcher found some of the teachers’ beliefs such as how the teacher should teach young learner students were reflected in their teaching. Based on the finding, the researcher suggested that teachers should build some beliefs toward their students especially for young learner students before they teach them. The educational institution also should qualify and know the teacher beliefs toward the student through interview.