Underlying Teory THE COMPATIBILITY OF ENGLISH LEARNING MATERIAL IN LET’S LEARN ENGLISH (2) USED IN ELEMENTARY The Compatibility Of English Learning Material In Let’s Learn English (2) Used In Elementary School Based On Rajan’s Criteria.
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Short Story of Clothes, 10. Song of Clothes, 11. Short Story of Numbers, 12. Song of Numbers, 13. Closing.
3. Rajan’s Characteristics
There are some criteria which can be used to evaluate the English learning material whether it is compatible or not. The writer uses Rajan’s
criteria caused by the writer interested to the criteria and it has unique abreviation which make easy to rememmbered. It is called MAGIC by
Rajan 2003:3. It would be explained as the follows :
a. Motivating and Meaningful
1 Motivating means that the material can motivate learner to
learn themselves. It belongs to content and cover is interested.
2 Meaningful means that the material should be have sense.
The material should be suitable for learner’s need. b.
Authentic and Appropriate 1
Authentic means that the material is not imitate. For example: native speaker so learners can learn easily
because they get the real pronunciation. 2
Appropriate means that the material suitable with learner’s level and need. It is not too easy and not too hard for them.
c. Graphic and Graded
1 The material can impossible consist of diagram, table etc.
2 The material should be arranged systematically. It is start
from easy to difficult, simple to complex. d.
Interesting, Interactive and Integrated 1
Interesting means that materials make the learner interested to learn the material.
2 Interactive means that teaching material can appear
interaction between teacher and learner or among learner.
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3 Integrated the material consist of 4 skills listening,
speaking, reading and writing and also developing language vocabulary, grammar and pronunciations.
e. Contextualized and Creative
1 The material should be suitable with environment. It
should be suitable with social condition and recent time and place.
2 Creative means that the material can make the learner
open their new knowledge. Rajan,2003: 1 4.
Syllabus Syllabus refers to concept of teaching and learning method to
achieve the purpose of learning which shows classroom activities. It would appropriate with learner‘s need and learner’s level. Yalden
1984: 14 in Nunan 1988: 5 paraphrase. 5.
English Audio-visual Material According to Tomlinson 1998: xi state that Multi-media
materials are anything forms of materials. It can be in a CD-Room which makes use of print, graphic, video, and sound. This material can
make learners interactive and more communicative oral and written paraphrase.
And audio-visual material Let’s Learn English 2 in this analysis belongs to video which presents picture and sound. So, it helps learner
more interactive in the classroom. The characteristic of the Audio- lingual Method which is appropriate to find out audio-visual material
Brown,2000: 71 such as: a.
Material is presented in dialogue form. b.
Vocabulary is strictly limited and learned in context. c.
Great importance is attached to pronunciation. “Children learn language by using it; listening to it, speaking it, and
writing it” Fauziati,2010: 93-95. For that reason, there are teaching aids which is suitable for teaching young leaner.
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a. Song; a good song would be the one that is familiar in
children culture. Originally lyric into simple English help learner to easy in memorize.
b. Picture; by having picture reinforce the understanding
learner to the topic.