DEVELOPING SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY MATERIAL FOR EFL YOUNG LEARNERS

Reti Wahyuni, Patuan Raja, Hartati Hasan

Abstract


Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan materi pembelajaran kosakata tambahan untuk siswa sekolah dasar. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas 4 SD yang terdiri dari 25 siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain modifikasi R & D (Research and Development cycle proposed by Borg & Gall) yang memiliki beberapa tahapan yakni uji kebutuhan, studi referens, pengembangan materi, uji validitas ahli, uji coba, dan produk. Data Penelitian dijaring menggunakan observasi, tes kosakata, lembar validasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa tidak bisa mempelajari kosakata lebih karena terbatas materi pembelajaran kosakata, weather, job, clothes, dan sport menjadi topik pengembangan materi kosakata tambahan dan uji validitas dari ahli I 81,53%, II 78,46%, III 84,61%, dan IV 78,46 % menunjukan bahwa produk yang dikategorikan baik. Dari hasil temuan dan proses dapat disimpulkan bahwa produk supplementary vocabulary ini dapat memfasilitasi siswa dalam mempelajari kosakata.

The objective of this research was to develop supplementary vocabulary material for EFL young learners. The subject of this research was the fourth grade students of SD Alkautsar consisting of 25 students. This study used R & D cycle modified from R & D proposed by Ball and Gall. The data were collected using observation, vocabulary test, validation sheet, and interview. The result showed that the students couldn’t learn more vocabulary and they concerned to the grammatical focus because the activities and tasks were limited, weather, job, clothes and sports are the topics developed, and expert validation from expert I 81,53%, II 78,46%, III 84,61%, and IV 78,46 % showed that the product was categorized as good criteria. The findings and the process indicate that the product of the study which is in the form workbook can facilitate students learning vocabulary through supplementary vocabulary material.

Keywords: material development, research and development, supplementary vocabulary.


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