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speaking task but on the students’ written task. Furthermore, according to the writer’s experience, the materials do not support the output of Junior program.
The writer decides to choose Junior program because the material is used for the students in age around 10-11 years old or the students in elementary school level,
in which the interest to learn English is high. By developing the English learning material based on Direct Method for
the first level of Junior program of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta, the writer expects that the material will help the students to apply the target language, which is English,
to communicate with others actively. The writer develops the communicative activities and tasks, which support and encourage the students to communicate
with others using the target language. In developing the materials, the writer applies Direct Method as the basic method. The writer has some reasons to use
Direct Method in developing the materials. First, Direct Method is one of the methods that is used for teaching and learning process in PURIKIDS. Second,
using that method, the students will easily apply English to communicate with others in the class because of the principles of Direct Method. Some of them are
using the target language to teach, no translation is allowed in the class, and the meaning of language are made clear by presenting real object, pictures, gesture, or
pantomime.
A. Problem Limitation
In this study, the writer focuses on developing the English learning material based on Direct Method for the first level of Junior program of
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PURIKIDS Yogyakarta because the available material does not provide enough speaking activities. In developing the materials, the writer uses Direct Method as
the teaching method, which is used in PURIKIDS.
B. Problem Formulations
In this study, the main problems discussed are formulated as follows. 1. How is the English Learning Materials based on the Direct Method for the
first level of Junior program of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta developed? 2. What do the English learning materials based on the Direct Method for the
first level of Junior program of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta look like?
C. Research Objectives
Related to the problem formulation that has been presented before, the objectives of the study are presented as follows.
1. To develop the English learning materials based on Direct Method for the first level of Junior program of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta.
2. To present the English learning materials based on Direct Method for the first level of Junior program of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta.
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D. Research Benefits
Realizing the problem of the material of Junior program of PURIKIDS, this study is expected to give contributions to:
1. The English Teachers of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta Hopefully, the English teachers of PURIKIDS Yogyakarta, especially who
teach the first level of Junior program, are able to deliver the materials easily and effectively so that the students are able to communicate by using the target
language actively in the class and outside the class with other people. 2. The students of the first level of Junior program
The students of Junior program of PURIKIDS class will be provided with the well-developed English learning materials, which are able to encourage them
to communicate with others by using the target language in the class and outside the class actively.
3. Other Researchers It is expected as the reference to the other researchers to develop other
learning materials to motivate the students of around 9 to 11 years old or in elementary school level to communicate by using English actively.
E. Definition of Terms 1. English learning materials
