THE NEEDS ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEARNING FOR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS

PRATELANINGSIHMIRMO, . (2014) THE NEEDS ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEARNING FOR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. Magister thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI JAKARTA.

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Abstract

This research aimed at investigating the needs of English learning for the fourth and fifth graders in terms of learning materials and ways of learning. This research was conducted in SDN Utan Kayu Utara 01, 03, and 05 Pagi, Jakarta. Data were participants‟ written responses, interviewees‟ audio-visual responses, and various related documents (the Vision, Mission, and Goals of SDN Utan Kayu Utara 01, 03, 05 Pagi; the 2013 Curriculum, the English Syllabus for SLTP students; the English textbook for the seventh graders [revised edition 2014]). Data sources were 185 fourth and fifth graders of SDN Utan Kayu Utara 01, 03, and 05 Pagi and the researcher. The data were collected by distributing questionnaires to 185 students, conducting interviews with 30 of the participants, and analyzing various related documents. Incidental convenience purposive sampling was employed as a sampling technique in distributing questionnaires. Thirty participants were interviewed. Quota purposive sampling was employed as a sampling technique to determine participants to be interviewed. This research revealed music & songs, animals, arts & literatures, jobs, and family as the learners‟ needs in terms of learning materials; and writing diaries/stories/ teacher‟s explanation/ summaries/ sentences/ names of fruits & animals, studying textbooks & exercise books, reading books/ comics/ magazines/ English conversation, listening to music/ teachers/ conversation, making presentation, looking meaning up in a dictionary, working in groups, playing games, using English words in real conversation, and making dialogues in terms of ways of learning. Preliminary study to reveal learners‟ attitude to learn English was conducted prior to this research. More than 60% of the participants had positive attitude to learn English. With these findings, SDN Utan Kayu Utara 01, 03, 05 Pagi are recommended to open English program as an extra-curricular activity; English teachers and program designers are recommended to apply findings of this research as available in the suggested syllabus, and to apply classroom languages available in the English textbook for the seventh graders. (319 words)

Item Type:	Thesis (Magister)
Additional Information:	1). Dr. Sri Sumarni, M.Pd. ; 2). Dr. Ratna Dewanti, M.Pd.
Subjects:	Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa dan Kesusastraan > Bahasa Inggris
Divisions:	FBS > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Rima Safitri .
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2021 07:31
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2021 07:31
URI:	http://repository.unj.ac.id/id/eprint/16401

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