Developing Supplementary Reading Materials for EFL Young Learners of The Fifth Grade

Esa Widi Septiana, Hery Yufrizal, Muhammad Sukirlan

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui (i) kebutuhan siswa kelas lima sekolah dasar dalam membaca teks bahasa Inggris, dan (ii) untuk mengetahui apakah bahan bacaan pelengkap yang dikembangkan layak untuk siswa kelas lima sekolah dasar atau tidak. Desain penelitian ini adalah Research and Development. Subjek penelitian adalah 27 siswa kelas V sekolah dasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan berbagai instrumen pengumpulan data seperti angket analisis kebutuhan siswa, angket penilaian guru dan ahli. Data tersebut digunakan untuk mengembangkan dan mengevaluasi tiga unit bahan bacaan tambahan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa bahan bacaan bahasa Inggris yang dikembangkan dalam penelitian ini dapat mencakup kebutuhan siswa dalam membaca dan dianggap sesuai untuk siswa kelas lima sekolah dasar. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan hasil skor rata-rata dari kedua angket adalah 4.31. Penemuan dari proses  penelitian ini  dapat  digunakan oleh siswa dan guru dalam proses belajar mengajar.

The objectives of this research were to find out (i) the fifth grade students of elementary school needs’ in reading English text, and (ii) to find out whether the developed supplementary reading materials are appropriate for EFL young learners of the fifth grade or not. The research used Research and Development design. The subjects were 27 students of the fifth grade of elementary school. This research used various instruments such as need analysis questionnaire, teacher judgment and expert judgment questionnaire. The data were used to develop and evaluate the three units of supplementary reading material. It was found that English reading materials developed in this research are coped all of the students’ needs and are considered appropriate for the EFL young learners of the fifth grade. It was proven by the result of questionnaire in which the mean score was 4.31. The finding of this research process can facilitate the students and the teacher in teaching learning activity.

Keywords: reading, supplementary material, young children, efl learner

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