Teachers’ Creativity in Using Attention Grabber in EFL Class

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200427.057How to use a DOI?

Keywords

teaching creativity, attention grabber, challenges, students’ attention

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the teachers’ creativity in using attention grabber in the EFL classroom and evaluating the challenges while applying the attention grabber in the EFL classroom. Students have different ability in concentrating during the teaching and learning the classroom. To grab the students’ attention, the teachers use various attention grabbers, which are beneficial. The respondents of this research were 12 students from 6 different classes in MTsN 3 Mojokerto. The researcher is interviewing the respondents and doing the classroom observation to investigate and evaluate the problems. The observation and interview were recorded using video and voice recorder, respectively. The finding shows that the teacher uses four kinds of attention grabbers. They are sounding, hissing, shouting, and clapping. The students showed the positive respond of applying attention grabber. The study also found that there are some challenges in using attention grabber in the EFL classroom. The first challenges in using attention grabber in the classroom, it is about some students who do not respond to the attention grabber because they are too busy with their friends and their own business. Some students also stated that they are not interested in the English lesson.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuni Arifadah
AU  - Robet Rio
AU  - Tri Rohmat Sholehuddin
AU  - Ayuningtyas Febri Paramita
AU  - Nadiyah Mafazatin Nailiyah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/01
TI  - Teachers’ Creativity in Using Attention Grabber in EFL Class
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 283
EP  - 287
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200427.057
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200427.057
ID  - Arifadah2020
ER  -