Syllabus Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional Resources

49 Unit Topics Unit 5 My Holiday Unit 6 My Funny Experiences Unit 7 Technology Unit 8 Environment From eight topics which were listed above, the researcher only designed the first four topics that would be presented in designed materials. In choosing the first four topics, the researcher considered two points. First, the English teachers of SMP N 1 Piyungan asked the researcher to make the first four topics for the designed materials. Second, the researcher considered the topics based on students’ interest from the needs survey. Thus, there were four topics which were presented in the designed materials. The topics are stated as follows. Table 4.4 The List of Four Topics Unit Topics Unit 1 Flora and Fauna Unit 2 Entertainment Unit 3 Tourism Unit 4 Invitation

3. Syllabus

Having formulated goal, topics, and general purposes, the researcher worked on syllabus. The syllabus contained basic competence, indicators, learning materials, learning activities, time allocation, and learning sources PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 50 that would be implemented in one semester. The indicators of each unit will be presented as follows. Table 4.5 The Indicators Unit Topics Indicators 1 Flora and Fauna At the end of the class, the students are able to: 1. get the main idea of the descriptive texts 2. match the descriptions and the pictures 3. identify the detail information of the text 2 Entertainment At the end of the class, the students are able to: 1. fill in the blank with suitable words 2. get the main idea of the descriptive texts 3. find the synonym of some words in the table 4. identify the detail information of the text 3 Tourism At the end of the class, the students are able to: 1. complete the missing words in the descriptive text 2. get the main idea of the descriptive text 3. identify the detail information of the text 4. summarize the descriptive text with their own words 4 Invitation At the end of the class, the students are able to: 1. get the main idea in the functional text invitation 2. identify the generic structure of the functional text invitation 3. identify the detail information in the functional text invitation The complete presentation of the syllabus can be seen in the appendix C.

4. Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional Resources

In this study, the researcher varied the teaching learning activities in order to enhance comprehension and provide enjoyable learning. In doing teaching learning activities, the researcher used task-based technique. The reading materials which were authentic materials were taken from the internet, magazines’ articles, and restaurant menu. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 51

5. Designing the Materials