facilitate students with an enjoyable atmosphere in learning English so that the students will be more interested and motivated in learning English.
Thus, the students will be able to master communicative competence in English.
2. The English teacher of elementary school
The set of materials is designed using careful exploration on theories and practices and through a survey involving practitioners. Therefore, the
final product can be used to support the real teaching and learning process. Consequently, it should be easier for the English teacher to
implement the instructional materials appropriately. The designed materials will also give the teacher ideas in using task-based activities to
teach English to the students. 3.
Other future researches Teaching English for elementary school is still open for research.
Further research can be carried out to improve the quality of teaching in elementary school. This study presents the insight for other researcher or
program developers so that they can develop research related to the use of task-based method in the teaching and learning process. Further research
can be done to find out students’ motivation, appropriate evaluation strategy, or the implementation of the materials in other schools having
different situation.
G. Definition of Terms
In order to avoid any misunderstanding or misinterpretation, several terms need to be clarified.
1. Design
Richards Rogers 2001: 24 define design as the level of method analysis in which we consider a what the objectives of a method are; b
how language content is selected and organized within the method, that is, the syllabus model the method incorporates; c the types of learning tasks
and teaching activities the method advocates; d the role of learners; e the tasks of learners; f the role of instructional materials. In this study,
design means making a set of materials based on the students` needs to obtain the objectives.
2. Instructional materials
Instructional materials are the materials that are planned or designed for instruction. Instructional materials can be in the form of printed
materials, computer assisted instruction, and television instruction Walter Dick, et al, 1989:3. In this study, instructional materials are a set of
materials planned by materials designers to be used in the teaching learning process in form of printed materials.
3. Task
As stated in Richards Rodgers 2001: 224, Skehan 1990 affirms a definition of task which corresponds with this study: “Tasks ... are
activities which have meaning as their primary focus. Success in tasks is evaluated in terms of achievement of an outcome, and task generally bears
some resemblance to real life language use.” So that, task-based instruction takes a fairly strong view of communicative language teaching.
In this study, task is defined as any activities to communicate in the target language to achieve an outcome.
4. Task-Based Learning
The definition of task-based learning in this study is parallel with the definition offered by Richards Rodgers 2001: 223 that task-based
learning teaching refers to an approach based on the use of tasks as the core unit of planning and instruction in language teaching.
5. Fifth Graders of elementary school
Elementary school students are children of 67 to 1112 years old. In this study, the design is addressed to the fifth graders of elementary
school. Their ages range from 10-11 years old and they are included in the beginner level of English competence.
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
