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integrated with life, it is held by community, not the institution, and it can be done in all kinds of settings, not only in a special building. Third, the
program is run by any participatory, while professional is not a must although professional is better. Fourth, the curriculum which is used is open
curriculum and problem-centered controlled by learners, it is no subject- centered controlled by teacher. Fifth, the method is learner-center and it is
mainly done orally. The last, the objective of non-formal education is not set by teacher, but it is set by learners.
On the other hand, non-formal education has some similarities with formal education, such as the functions, purposes, and the importance. The
similar purpose of formal education with non-formal education is, it is a deliberately organized educational activity, outside the established frame-
work of normal school and university systems, principally for out of school youth and adults, for the purpose of communicating ideas, developing skills,
changing attitudes or modifying behavior related to the realization of development goals and the achievement of higher standards of living and the
welfare of the people Government of Pakistan, 1985. In Indonesia, the non-formal educational standard is managed by the
educational ministry. Standardization in education is defined as the minimum criteria for the provision of education. Standardization Law sets a
minimum standard of education provision in 8 categories, content standards, processes, competence of graduates, educators and education personnel,
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facilities and infrastructure, management, financing, and evaluation of education Educational Ministry No. 49 of 2007.
There are many examples of English program as non-formal education both in Indonesia and around the world. They are Kumon, Primagama,
English First, ELTI, Blue Dolphin Playskool and others.
3. Fun English Club
Fun English Club FEC is an English program that is firstly conducted in Yogyakarta State University and it belongs to non-formal education
program. It is an annual English program which is oriented in children communicative competencies. FEC provides young learners to learn English
as a foreign language in more enjoyable and fun way. Since this is a language school, it is designed like other schools in which there are good
management, schedule of the classes, teachers ’ recruitments, school fee,
teaching and learning activities, and others. The children come from different background since they are from
different schools in Yogyakarta. There are also different levels in FEC, they are Kindie belongs to Kindergarten, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and L6 belongs to
elementary school levels. The activities in FEC ares divided into two: the indoor activities and
the outdoor activities. Indoor activities are any teaching and learning activities that are done inside a room. Outdoor activities are activities that are
done outside the room, such as in school yard, park, tour place, and others.
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Outdoor education offers children special contexts for play and exploration, real experiences and contact with the natural world and community.
4. Curriculum of FEC
FEC focused on communicative curriculum that ideally drew from three major areas namely sociocultural views on the nature of language,
cognitively-based views on the nature of language learning, and humanistic views of education Olshtain, and Dubin 1986:68. Communicative
approaches is a system that alters an expands the components of the existing methodology like structural approach in terms of language content, course
products, and learning process. It has brought about a more comprehensive view of language teaching and learning. Consequently, content of the
curriculum has been expanded to include not only structures, situations, and themes or topics, but also concepts notions and functions.
In communicative approach, there are processes called workouts. Dubin and Olshtain 1986:96 explained that workouts are language learning
and language using activities which enhance the learners’ overall acquisition process, providing planners and teachers with a variety of ways through
which to make this process engaging and rewarding. The following are some samples of such workouts for children.
1. Warm-upsrelaxers are motivational workouts which add an element of
enjoyment and personal involvement. They can be used at various points
