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more enjoyable, fun, and effective. The decision on using games and songs was supported by some theories from some experts. Murphey 1992 says that songs can
help young learners improve their listening skills and pronunciation; therefore songs potentially help them to improve their speaking skills. Song can also be useful as the
tools in learning vocabulary, sentence structure, and sentence patterns. While as cited in Wright, Betteridge, and Buckby 1984, games also help the
teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. The learners will take part in the games and in order to understand what the others have
said or written, and they must speak or write their questions as well as opinions to express their own point of view or give information.
Another expert, Frobose 2008 says , “Through playing, children learn about
themselves, their environment, people and the world around them. As they play, children learn to solve problems and get along with others. They enhance their
creativity and develop their leadership skills and healthy personalities. ” These
statements from the experts gave more encouragement to the researcher to use many games and songs when delivering the English learning materials. In conclusion, based
on the needs of the English extracurricular program, this research was conducted in order to produce an appropriate module for the English extracurricular for the first
semester of the fifth graders.
B. Research Problem
There is only one formulated problem in this research. The research problem is:
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What do the appropriate materials and activities for the English extracurricular grade 5 look like?
C. Problem Limitation
To make this research more feasible and reliable, the design of the English extracurricular is aimed only for the fifth grade students of Pangudi Luhur
Elementary School Yogyakarta semester one.
D. Research Objectives
The objective of the study was that the appropriate materials for the English extracurricular can be designed and be used for the students. The researcher was
encouraged to provide the module for the fifth grader tutor which can be used freely in the teaching learning process of the English extracurricular. It was conducted
because the researcher was motivated to provide materials which had relation with the materials given by the teachers in the school time thus the learning process in
school and in the extracurricular can support each other. By learning this subject, the researcher also expected that this research could be used for many people to
understand the steps of designing the appropriate materials to young English learners.
E. Research Benefits
In this chapter the researcher would explain the expected benefits of the study. This research can be useful for the English tutor of Pangudi Luhur elementary school
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grade 5, the English teacher of Pangudi Luhur elementary school, the fifth graders of Pangudi Luhur elementary School, and the future researchers. The detail of the
researcher benefits will be explained as following: 1.
The English Tutor of Pangudi Luhur Elementary School Grade Five The first benefit is that the fifth graders tutor can have a module using to
support the teaching and learning process of the English extracurricular. 2.
The English Teacher of Pangudi Luhur Elementary School. The other benefit is that the English teachers can be accommodated to deliver
the English materials because the topics taught in class are matched with the topics given in the English extracurricular. The materials given in the English
extracurricular will enrich the students ’ knowledge of the topics and it will help the
students to master the materials deeper by doing exercises and games. 3.
The Fifth Graders of Pangudi Luhur Elementary School The fifth graders of Pangudi Luhur elementary school might be helped to
master English better through finishing all the activities and materials in the module. The students are also given opportunities to enrich their English vocabulary and
practice their English skills in the activities included in the designed materials. 4.
Future Researchers The researcher hopes that this research has some benefits for the future
researcher who might conduct some similar research as the inspiration for further studies.
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F. Definition of Terms
