Incorporating Characters into English Language Teaching: A Lesson Planning

Sajidin, Sajidin (2014) Incorporating Characters into English Language Teaching: A Lesson Planning. In: The 61st TEFLIN International Conference, 7 - 9 October 2014, Solo, Indonesia.

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Abstract

The research is aimed at developing a lesson plan incorporating characters into English language teaching (ELT). It is generally found that incorporating characters into ELT comes with an unsatisfied result. A systematic lesson planning was carried out to prevent from language skills negligence and to promote character building. The lesson plans share the specific characteristics in which: (a) the kinds of character are selected on the basis of need analysis; (b) during classroom implementation, the characters are inserted in between the steps of English language instruction; (c) the goals of teaching are made explicit for both language teaching and character building;; (d) language contents and teaching media were selected to fit with characters being developed and the types of text recommended by the national ELT curriculum; (e) characters assessments are made specific on the basis of character indicators. With this minimal effort, a further lesson planning is required to fully meet teachers’ expectation

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