CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS, DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH CONSTRAINT
A. Results of The Development
In developing a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten children, the researcher adopted the procedures proposed by
Hutchinson and Waters 1987 and Masuhara in Tomlinson 1998:247. Those steps were previously discussed in chapter III. The findings of those steps were
discussed here as the results of the research procedures. The findings were organized into five sections. They were the needs analysis, the course grid, the
activities format, the evaluation and the revision of the first draft of a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten children, evaluation and
revision of the second draft of a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten-
teacher’s guide book
1. The Needs Analysis
In this step, the methods of data collection were through observation and interviews. The data from the observation were in the form of the observation
guideline. The data were presented into a field note. For the interviews, the researcher interviewed with the headmaster, the teacher, and the children of the
class B of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak by using interview guidelines for each respondents. The data of the interviews were presented in the form of transcripts.
After making the blue print of the instruments, the researcher then consulted to the expert. With some revisions, the instruments can be used as the
way to get the data from the respondents. The observation was conducted on 17
th
November 2015 in TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak. The research was begun with the observation. The observation was done in the class by using the observation
guideline. The observation was completed to know the teaching and learning process in the school especially in the class B of the TK Dharma Bakti Ngemplak
II as the subject sample. Then the researcher did some interviews with the: headmaster, teacher
class, and the children of the class B. The interviews used the interview guideline. The questions were developed based on the blue prints. Each respondent has
different number of questions. The questions were aimed to obtain the information of the needs and interests of learning English in the school.
a. The Characteristics of The Children
From the interview with the headmaster, several information about the children’s characteristics were collected. The school divided the groups of
children into two classes. The first class was class A and the second class was class B. Their age were about 4,5 -5 for the class A and 5-6 were for the class B.
The characteristics of children both two classes were related good. They can be controlled effectively during teaching and learning process. However, some of
them showed a bad habit in the school. It could be seen in the quotation below.
In other words, the bad effects may come from lack of attention from the parents. Mostly, the children come from middle-low class family. This might
affect parents’ control on their children. Some children became lazy to participate
in the classroom. They also sometimes did not finish their homework. It was shown in the below quotation in the interview transcript.
Mostly, the children were active learners; they loved to discover new things around them. The children especially the boys were more active in the classroom
“Ya kalau anak-anak sih semuanya baik ya ada satu dua yang mungkin karna ekonomi dan kurang perhatian dari orang tua jadi kadang ada anak
yang masih males-malesan. Disini pekerjaan orang tua menengah kebawah ya kebanyakan
buruh.”.Yes..Most of the children are good. Ya there is one or two children because of economy factor and the less of attention from
their parents impact the child become lazy. Yes..because here, the parent’s
occupations mostly are middle low workers.
The interview transcript 1, Appendix C
“ Ya memang ada satu dua si Noval dan Sion itu masih sulit di arahkan masih untuk tugas jika tidak didampingi guru juga tidak di kerjakan. Faktor
umur juga. Rentan umurnya dari 4,5 -5 tahun untuk kelas A dan 5-6 tahun kelas B sudah agak bagus tapi ada satu kelas B yaitu mas Kendy
”. Yes, there are one or two children. Noval and Sion are hard to finish their
homework if the teacher did not accompany them. It was because their age were relative young learners. Their age are 4,5-5 years old for the class A
and 5-6 years old for the class B. The children in the class B are mostly also good. There is one children who lazy. His name is Kendy.
The interview transcript 2, Appendix C
they laughed and screamed. They also loved to make body movement. It can be seen in the picture below.
The Figure 4.1, Appendix J
The children in the class B were already ready to learn English. They can follow the instruction asked by the teacher conductively. While the teacher taught
the material of English by using song the children were very enthusiastic. They laughed and screamed to show their interest.
“The material being taught was the color. The atmosphere in the class was related conducive even though there were a number of children boys
screaming and laughing. To control it, the teacher asked the children to sing a son
g “ Anjing dog kucing cat, kupu-kupu butterfly ikan fish bebek duck gajah
elephant”. “ Ayo nyanyi anjing dog dulu”, the children started to sing together”.
Field note 1, Appendix D
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