DESIGNING SONG AND CHANT-BASED MATERIALS FOR THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD NEGERI I TLOBONG, DELANGGU, KLATEN

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The objective of this study is to design song and chant-based materials for the fourth grade students of SD Negeri I Tlobong, Delanggu, Klaten and to figure out the characteristics of the song and chant-based materials which are suitable for the students.
This study is a Research and Development (R and D). There were seven steps in conducting the research. The steps involved conducting needs analysis, writing course grid, designing the first draft, evaluating and revising the first draft, field-testing of the second draft, evaluating the second draft, and revising and writing the final draft. The instruments of the research are questionnaires, interview guidelines, and observation guide. The questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively, whereas the data from the interviews and observations were analyzed qualitatively. The needs analysis and evaluation questionnaires had fulfilled the content validity and construct validity. Meanwhile, the reliability was measured through the Cronbach’s Alpha formula.
The results of the research show that the designed materials are suitable for the fourth grade students of SD Negeri I Tlobong and met their characteristics and needs. It is proven by the result of the total mean value of the third questionnaire which was distributed to the students. The total mean scores is 175.57. According to the quantitative to qualitative data conversion, this score belongs to the very good category. Meanwhile, based on the results of the evaluations towards the first and second draft of the designed materials, it can be concluded that song and chant-based materials which are appropriate for the fourth grade students of SD Negeri I Tlobong should have several characteristics like a) the materials accommodate the themes the students like such as animals, parts of body, and feelings, b) the materials cover four English skills, c) the tasks or activities are enjoyable, interesting, and various, d) the tasks or activities give the students opportunities to move their physics freely, e) the task or activities promote the students to interact with the other students and the teacher, f) the songs and chants become the main input of the materials, g) the songs and chants are interesting, various, easy to learn, h) the songs and chants contain a lot of repetitions and combined with actions, i) the songs and chants are completed with media for helping the students work out with the contents, j) The instructions are written in English and Indonesian, k) the student’s workbook are colourful and illustrated, l) the materials are completed with the teacher’s guide and interesting and various media for teaching.

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