2. The Syllabus
The syllabus was written after the target needs and the learning needs are found out from
the students. The students’ preferences were shown by the highest percentage of the students’ answer in the needs
analysis questionnaire. The syllabus, then, was written as the guideline for developing the materials. When creating the syllabus, the researcher
considered some aspects such as the results of needs analysis, core competence, and basic competence. The researcher wrote three syllabuses
as the plan to develop learning materials. It was developed by following core competence and basic competence for the grade eight students of
junior high school. It consists of unit name and title, indicators, input, and activities.
a. Syllabus of Unit One The syllabus of unit one was derived from core competence 1,
2, 3, 4 and basic competence 1.1, 2.3, 3.10 and 4.12. The topic of unit one is family. The unit focused on descriptive text about family with the
grammar lessons such as simple present tense, vocabulary, modals can and will and kinds of parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adverbs, and
adjectives. The materials which are developed based on the syllabus of unit one are put in the Appendix.
b. Syllabus of Unit Two
The syllabus of unit two was derived from core competence 1, 2, 3, 4 and basic competence 1.1, 2.3, 3.12, and 4.15. The topic of unit
two is holiday. The unit focused on recount text. The grammar lessons are the use of simple past tense, prepositions, and adverbs of time in
simple past tense. The materials which are developed based on the syllabus of unit two are put in the Appendix.
c. Syllabus of Unit Three The syllabus of unit three was derived from core competence
1, 2, 3, 4 and basic competence 1.1, 2.3, 3.14, and 4.18. The topic of unit three is animals. The unit focused on narrative text. The grammar
lessons are the use of past continuous tense and connectives. The materials which are developed based on the syllabus of unit three are
put in the Appendix.
3. The Materials
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