Hope 2 . The perceptions are related to the fulfillment of the learners’ needs in
learning English at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta. The needs here refer to the learners’ wants, desires, demands, expectation, motivations, lacks, constraints,
and requirements in learning English at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Brindley as cited by Richards, 2001. By understanding the learners’ perceptions, the researcher
will be able to help the English tutors at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta to give some suggestions for improving the English teaching at Domby Kid’s Hope 2.
B. Problem Formulation
The problems of the research are formulated as follows. 1.
What are the fifth grade learners’ needs in learning English at Domby Kid’s Hope 2
Yogyakarta? 2.
What are the fifth grade learners’ perceptions on the English teaching- learning activities carried out at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta?
3. How do the fifth grade learners’ perceptions match their needs?
C. Research Objectives
This research attempts to discover the following aspects. 1.
The fifth grade learners’ needs in learning English at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta.
2. The fifth grade learners’ perceptions on the English teaching-learning
activities carried out at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta. 3.
The suitability of the learners’ perceptions and their needs. 4
D. Problem Limitation
The focus of the study is the fifth grade learners’ perceptions on the English teaching learning at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta. Their perceptions
will be matched
with the fulfillment of their needs in learning English in order to enhance the effectiveness of the English instruction at Domby Kid’s Hope 2.
The subjects are the fifth grade learners at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 Yogyakarta.
E. Research Benefits
The research contributions are described as follows. 1.
For the English tutors at Domby Kid’s Hope 2 and other Children Development Programs
The tutors will know the students’ perceptions on the English class so that they can review their teaching learning activities that have been carried out.
They can improve the teaching learning activities to be more effective after knowing the students perceptions on the English teaching-learning activities.
By knowing the fifth grade learners’ needs in learning English at Domby Kid’s Hope 2
Yogyakarta, the English tutors also will be able to construct appropriate English curriculum.
2. For the learners
The learners can learn more effectively if the English teaching-learning activities match their needs
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3. Other researchers
Other researchers who intend to conduct similar research can use this research as one of their references.
F. Clarification of Terms
