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.

5 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. 6 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. 7 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.

III. Research method

This is a descriptive research. The compatibility of Let’s Learn English 2 an English learning material audio visual in Elementary School research is the research to clarify or explain the phenomenon or variable being held Arikunto,2006:10. The data of this research are the materials in Let’s Learn English 2 as audio-visual English material. Meanwhile, the data source is Let’s Learn English 2, an English audio-visual in Elementary School is created and published by PT. Kastari, Tangerang-Indonesia with license’s number 3617VCDRFA08.20122007. The technique of analyzing data through by four steps: the first step is defining criteria. The writer uses the Rajan’s criteria to judge the material Let’s Learn English 2. The second step is subjective analysis. The subjective is how to find the differences between criteria and existing material based on the subject of material. The third step is objectives material. The object of this study is the compatibility of Let’s Learn English 2 an English audio-visual learning material in the Elementary School. The last step is Matching and scoring. In this step the writer did some activities, they are : find the compatibility Let’s Learn English 2 with good criteria materials based on Rajan, find the topic material between Let’s Learn English 2 and the syllable in the Elementary School and the percentage of compatibility.

IV. Finding and Discussion

In this research finding the writer analysis some points in order to find out the appropriateness of the material in Let’s Learn English 2 based on Rajan’s criteria. The following steps to analyze are as follows:

1. The Compatibility of English Learning Material Let’s Learn

English 2 Based on Rajan’s Criteria 8 According to Rajan’s criteria which often called with MAGIC, the writer analyzes that the English learning material Audio-visual in Let’s Learn English 2 complete the Rajan’s criteria into 2 steps. They are 1. Impressionistic approach and 2. In-depth approach. a. Impressionistic Approach In this step, the writer analyzes the cover of Let’s Learn English 2 based on Rajan’s criteria. The followings are analysis result Let’s Learn English 2 cover. 1 Motivating : the cover of Let’s Learn English 2 is able to motivate learners to learn themselves. It caused by the cover is colorful and has picture. 2 Meaningful : the cover of Let’s Learn English 2 has sense to the learners. The picture is able to give learner prediction of the content which suitable to their grade. 3 Interesting : this cover is interesting for young learner to play and learn with it. By having colorful and has nice picture make learners are interested. 4 Interactive : by having learning material in VCD means that there are any voices which help learners to try repeat the pronunciation. They can correctness or mistaken each other. 5 Integrated : the cover of Let’s Learn English 2 states “seri pendidikan anak” refers to anything which related to English learning would be inside. b. In-depth Approach 9 Based on the analysis of the content of Let’s Learn English 2 on Rajan’s criteria, the writer has some finding. 1 Motivating : The material in Let’s Learn English 2 is able to motivate learners to learn themselves. By having the content, it is colorful and show funny pictures. It is clear that this audio-visual material complete the motivating criteria. It is an example to support the argument. 2 Meaningful : The material in Let’s Learn English 2 has sense. It can be seen in concern of this material in vocabulary, pronunciation and simple sentence which suitable with the learner’s need as the basic knowledge of English. Song and picture is useful for young learners which helps learner to find the understanding in English learning. These are examples to support the argument. 3 Graded : the material in Let’s Learn English 2 is graded. It can be seen that the material presents simple in the story which contain vocabulary, pronunciation and simple sentence then continued with song which more complex one. These examples to support the argument.