The Influence of Ice Breaker to Students’ Motivation in Teaching English

Abstract

<jats:p>This research is aimed at exploring ice breaker technique in teaching English for student at Junior High School in Cimahi. Based on the important of teaching English in Indonesia as foreign language. So by doing ice breaking before learning, it is expected that students can focus on the learning English process. In this research the writer used case study and qualitative research method. The subject of this research was on of an English teacher at One of Junior High School in Cimahi. The instrument of this research are observation, and interview. The result of this research is students’ to be focus and fun on learning English in the class.</jats:p>

The Use Of Ice Breakers In Online English Grammar Classes

“…Publisher Language and Literature Faculty, University of Surakarta ISSN Print: 2621-9077 ISSN Online: 2621-9085 breaking activities might bring great gains. According to Astuti et al, (2020), an ice breaker can be employed to overcome the students' nervousness and boredom during the teaching and learning process so that they feel happier and readier to join the next core activities. Hutasoit & Tambunan (2018) point out that ice breakers are an amazing way to start a meeting, and they can be used to lessen stress and give required breaks during intense meetings.…”

“…They provide some types of ice-breaking activities, but they are mainly concerned with offline classes. Astuti et al, (2020) also carried out a study about icebreaking, but they focus on the influence of ice-breaking activity on students' motivation of learning. Yeganehpour (2017) did a study focusing on the implementation of ice-breaking activity for productive skills.…”

“…An ice breaker commonly only lasts a few minutes at the beginning of the class, but it might bring plenty of advantages to the students. Astuti et al, (2020) state that ice breaker derives from two foreign vocabularies called ice (a rigid, cold, and hard nature), and the breaker (overcoming). Indeed, an ice breaker is an effort to break or melt the rigid atmosphere that is like ice to become more relaxing and comfortable.…”

“…Ice-breaking activities are generally used at the beginning of the class. According to Astuti et al, (2020), an ice breaker is an effort to break or melt the rigid atmosphere that is like ice to become more relaxing and comfortable. Panggua (2016) points out that ice breaker can be interpreted as breaking the ice, and the ice here might refer to many situations.…”

Video-Based Ice Breaker Game In The Department of Arabic Language Education

“…Why is ice-breaker-based video an alternative and important solution for now? Because author see the results of previous studies have shown that ice breakers have a significant influence in improving motivation (Hutasoit & Tambunan, 2018) (Devi, Muncarno, & H, 2019) (Khoirullah, 2020), even ice breaker is able to improve students' learning outcomes (Solihat, Astuti, & Satriani, 2020) (Putri, 2020) (Aziz, 2019).…”