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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter covers two parts, namely conclusion and suggestions. The first part deals with the conclusion of the study. The second part deals with the
suggestions for the English teacher of PURIKIDS and the future researcher.
A. Conclusions
This study was aimed to develop and present the English learning materials based on Direct Method for the first level of Junior program of
PURIKIDS Yogyakarta. In this study, the writer only used the 7 seven steps of Borg and Gall’s RD steps. They were research and information collecting,
planning, development of preliminary form of product, preliminary field-testing, main product revision, main field-testing, and final product revision. Moreover,
the writer used the 5 five elements of Kemp’s instructional design model. They were identifying goals, topics, and general purpose; identifying learner
characteristic; specifying the learning objectives; listing subject content; formulating teachinglearning activities. The research procedure that was
conducted in developing the materials were research and information collecting, planning, development of preliminary form of product, field test of the
preliminary form of product, main product revision, main field-testing, and final product revision.
In developing the materials, the writer conducted the survey for the pre- design activities and the post design activities. The first survey was aimed to
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obtain the information about the students’ need and the users’ opinion about the available materials for the first level of Junior program students of PURIKIDS.
The second survey was done to obtain the feedback of the developed materials from some experts and the users.
In order to develop the materials better and to know the effectiveness of the materials, the writer implemented the materials in the real class of the first
level of Junior program of PURIKIDS. Then, the writer conducted the final revision of the materials that would be presented as the product. The description
of the materials was discussed as follows. The English learning materials based on Direct Method for the first level
of Junior program of PURIKIDS provided more speaking activities in order to help and encourage the students to speak using the target language actively. The
materials consisted of eight units. They were Introducing Self “Hello, My Name is Joe”,
Introducing Someone “She is My Friend, Lana”, Nationality “He is Indonesian”,
Occupation “My Father is a Painter, Family “ I Have Two Sisters”,
Music “She Likes Pop Music”, Public Places “Where is the Game Center?”, and
Giving Direction “Turn Left at Jalan Sudirman”. In each unit there were 7 seven sections. They were Let’s Enter, Let’s Get Started, Let’s Try
It Out, Let’s Have Fun, Let’s Learn, Speak Up, and Vocabulary Zone. The writer
presented the sample of the 4 four units of the developed materials that could be seen in Appendix 15.
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A. Suggestions