The Use Of Fun Learning Activity To Increasing Students' Interest In Learning English At Sd Ybpk Semampir

Abstract

This article aims to provide one of the new ways for teachers to turn ordinary and less interesting learning into fun and more interesting. The facts that occurred in the field when the author participated in the Kampus Mengajar program at SD YBPK Semampir, students still experienced difficulties and lack of interest in learning English. The difficulties are understanding sentences and the lack of memorized vocabulary. The fact shows that they are less interested in English because they think that English is a difficult language. Another problem is that they have limited vocabulary to express themselves in learning English. These problems are caused by the learning process that is not appropriate and interesting so that students find it difficult to understand everything taught by the teacher. Teachers usually only use the lecture method for daily learning, where of course an elementary school students must need something different in order to attract students' attention. Actually, teachers can choose interesting learning media to help students develop ideas. One of the media is the fun learning method, where using some games and songs is the right method to attract students' interest in learning English. In this discussion, the author uses wordwall media, outing class, and songs in its application. Therefore, this article discusses how to utilize fun learning methods to attract students' interest in learning English in young leaners. The aim is to share ideas with prospective English teachers on how to use fun learning activity.