Identification of The Problem

National Education Department established that Indonesian learners must be able to comprehend and give expression to information, thought, feelings, developing science, technology, and culture by using English. The function of English is to communicate in order to access information and as a tool of interpersonal relation as well as changing information. Young children learn best through activities that suit with their lives, various, challenging and engaging. Children develop their knowledge by building on their past experiences and learn with they have acquired. Because most of the children believe that learning is pleasurable experience, they are naturally inclined and even more enthusiasm to learn when the first time they come in school. Each child grows and develops in every interrelated area moral, social, emotional, cognitive, physic and linguistic. In order to develop children’s needs, kindergarten’s programs must provide a chance for learning, self-expression, and self-discovery in a variety of areas – for example; in games, drama, music, language activities, and cooperative activities with peers. Children develop in different rates and in different ways. Each child is unique and has individuall needs. Some children will benefit one type learning strategy than another; some probably need more time than others, and need more additional resources, to achieve learning expectations. To make a good and effective English Day program,set of English teaching learning programs in needed to run the program. Therefore, it is important to produce English materials, which help the teachers and the children to learn English. Set of teaching learning programsare needed to design fun, visual, creative, contextual, and effective activities to learn English, which involve children and give them many chances to practice English in the activities in a fun atmosphere. Also the children can acquire English well in an easy and interesting way. This study tries to design English teaching learning programs for children in TKIT Salsabila 2 Banguntapan Bantul. By providing the programs, the researcher expects that the kindergarten children will involve in the teaching – learning process; they learn best through activities that suit with their lives and various, challenging and engaging they will have many chances to explore and practice their English and also to be familiar with English.

C. Delimitation of The Problem

Based on the background of the study and the problem identification, the research is conducted to design a set of teaching learning program which are appropriate for the children in class B in TKIT Salsabila 2 Banguntapan Bantul and also children at the same level. However, due to the constraints of time, the topic under the study is limited only to design English teaching learning programs for English Day program appropriate for children in class B of kindergarten and of the same level. This research will produce a set of English teaching learning program, effective materials, covering some topics, some samples of expressions and input text media or teaching-learning aids.

D. Formulation of The Problems

Based on the background, identification, and limitation of the problem, the problem of this research has been formulated as follows: “What are the kinds and characteristics of English programs appropriate for English teaching learning for English Day program at class B of TKIT Salsabila 2 Banguntapan Bantul?”

E. Objectives of The Study

The objective of this study is to design set of English programs which are appropriate for English teaching learning for an English Day program at class B of TKIT Salsabila 2 Banguntapan Bantul.

F. Significances of The Study

The results of this study are expected to give a contribution to some parties: 1. For Kindergarten teachers and principals, the study will provide some input to vary techniques of teaching by using the English teaching materials and as a source of activities in teaching and learning process. 2. For the Elementary school principals, the study can give input to develop other English teaching materials and to design programs that meet English learners’ need. 3. For the materials developers and other researchers, the study will be useful as an experience in how to conduct further research of developing the English teaching materials.