DEVELOPING LISTENING – SPEAKING MATERIALS BASED ON TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE THEORY FOR THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS OF CHIT – CHAT ENGLISH PROGRAM IN SD NEGERI TEMPUREJO 3 BLORA

摘要

The aim of this research was to find an English listening – speaking materials for Chit – Chat English program for the fourth grade students of SD Negeri Tempurejo 3. udThis is a Research and Development (R&D) research. The subjects of the research were the fourth grade students of SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. There were three types of questionnaires and an observation guide used in this research. The first was a needs analysis questionnaire distributed to the students to identify their target and learning needs. The second questionnaire was a materials evaluation questionnaire to assess the appropriateness of the developed materials. The third questionnaire was a materials evaluation distributed to the students while the materials were implemented. The observation guide was a guide used by the observer when the materials were implemented. This research was conducted by following Jolly and Bolithos’s model in Tomlinson (1998) with some modification. The first step is needs analysis done by distributing questionnaires to the students. The result of the needs analysis was the basis for developing a course grid. The course grid was used as the guideline to develop the first draft of the learning materials. The first draft was evaluated by five materials evaluators. The evaluation was done by distributing the second questionnaire. udThe result of the evaluation was used as a guideline to develop the second draft of the materials. Then, the second draft of the materials was implemented to the fourth grade students in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3. While conducting the try-out, an observer filled in observation sheets and at the end of the program, the third questionnaire was distributed to the students. The data came from the third questionnaire the observation sheets were used to write the final draft of the materials. The data came from the questionnaires were analyzed using Cronbach’s Alpha Formula in SPSS program. udFour units of materials were developed in this research. Each unit consists of an introduction, main lesson and reinforcement activities focusing on developing students’ listening and speaking skills. Most of the activities are done in group. The result of the data from evaluation questionnaire was 0.902 which is categorized as “very good”.