Fifth interview Validity and Reliability of the Instruments
Researcher R: “Apakah putra-putri BapakIbu termasuk anak yang aktif? Apabila iya, bagaimana bentuk keaktifannya? Is your child active? If so,
how is hisher behavior ?”
Parent P: “Ya, sangat suka kegiatan dengan gerak tubuh dan selalu mencari kegiatan baru. Yes, she likes activities with body movements and
always searches for new activities”
Open-ended questionnaire transcript 1, Appendix F and Appendix F. The result of the needs survey were analyzed to become the
basic information to develop the materials. b.
Needs Analysis 1.
Children’s characteristics
In Fun English Club 2013, since the program was new, there were only 7 children in L1 class. Their ages were about 5-7 years old. Based on the
observations and the interviews with the L1 teachers, the children’s characteristics
were different from one to another. The two of them were too active and had less attention, two others were active and responsive, the other two were shy and the
last was quite. Moreover, the L1A children also had the similar characteristics with L1 children of FEC. It could be seen in the following quotation.
2 Children’s needs, lacks and wants
The children came from different social and economic background. They also had different levels of English language proficiency. Due to their
Researcher: Based on your opinion, was there any difficulty in delivering the materials to the children?
Teacher D: Actually no. The difficulty is only when the kids are not in the good mood so that the teaching learning process is kind of hard to handle.
Interview Transcript 1, Appendix F
R: “Kondisi belajar seperti apakah yang BapakIbu harapkan dalam program ini EFH? What is learning condition that you expect in this
program EFH?” P: “Fun learning.”
Open-ended questionnaire transcript 3, Appendix F
R: “Sikap guru yang seperti apakah yang BapakIbu harapkan dalam mengajarkan bahasa Inggris kepada putra-putri BapakIbu ? What is
teacher’s behavior that you expect to teach your children?” P: “Fun, sabar, playful dan memahami bahwa anak berbeda-beda.Fun,
patient, playful, and understanding that each child is different” Open-ended questionnaire transcript 1, Appendix F
characteristics which were various, their needs were also different from each other. It is shown in the quotations below.
R: Apa output yang BapakIbu harapkan terkait skills kemampuan yang akan didapat putra-putri BapakIbu selama mengikuti program ini?
P: Kemampuan bersosialisasi, berani tampil didepan umum, terasah sense musiklagu-lagunya.
Open-ended questionnaire transcript 5, Appendix F 3
Teachers’ characteristics
The teachers both in FEC and EFH came from English Language Department in the last semester. They had been taught about English for Children,
Children Language Acquisition, Children Learning Teaching Methods and Program Development of English for Children. Therefore, they had been trained
to be patient, kind, angelic and caring to the children. Those were in line with the parents’ expectation towards EFH teachers, as the following quotation.
R: “ Sikap guru yang seperti apakah yang BapakIbu harapkan dalam mengajarkan bahasa Inggris kepada putra-putri BapakIbu?
” P: “Yang ramah dan komunikatif.”
Open-ended questionnaire transcript 4, Appendix F