Students’ Needs The Student

34 Competency Standard Basic Competences Menulis dan membaca: 2. Memahami dan mengungkapkan instruksi dan informasi sangat sederhana dengan tindakan dalam konteks sekolah. 2.1 Membaca nyaring dengan ucapan, tekanan, dan intonasi secara tepat dan berterima kasih yang melibatkan: kata, frasa, dan kalimat sangat sederhana 2.2 Memahami kalimat, pesan tertulis dan teks deskriptif bergambar sangat sederhana secara tepat dan berterima. 2.3 Mengeja dan menyalin kalimat sangat sederhana dalam konteks sekolah

2. The Student

s’ Characteristics The materials were designed based on many points which were considered important. Besides the curriculum employed by the school, the characteristics of the students were also included to the vital aspects needed to design the English extracurricular materials. The researcher had done some research to get enough data about the students’ characteristics by conducting a class observation, distributing a questionnaire for the students, and conducting interview with the English extracurricular tutor and the English teacher of the school. The researcher got the data from the fifth graders who joined the class of the English extracurricular program there was only one class of English extracurricular program of the fifth graders. The class consisted of 17 students 11 female students and 6 six male students.

a. Students’ Needs

Based on the interview results which had been obtained by the researcher, the students needed to master the English materials as what had been stated in the curriculum. It was proven by the answer of the coordinator of the English 35 extracurricular program when the researcher asked about the purpose of the English extracurricular program itself. The answer was: Tujuan dari kegiatan ekstrakurikuler bahasa Inggris ini sebenarnya adalah untuk membantu kegiatan belajar mengajar di sekolah. Jadi seharusnya, materi yang diajakan di ekstrakurikuler bahasa Inggris berhubungan dengan materi yang diajarkan pada kegiatan belajar-mengajar pada jam sekolah. The coordinator of the English extracurricular of Pangudi Luhur elementary school. The purpose of the English extracurricular program is to support the teaching- learning activities in school. Thus, the materials given in the English extracurricular program should be matched with the materials given in the school time. Another thing given to the students was the additional material about English vocabulary with its acceptable pronunciation. This point was obtained based on the answer of the English teacher from the interview. The English teacher also said that, Tutor bahasa Inggris juga sebaiknya memberikan murid-murid lebih banyak ‘pengayaan’ mengenai vocab bahasa Inggris terutama British vocabulary. Para siswa juga perlu memperkaya diri mereka dengan vocab bahasa Inggris sebanyak mungkin sebagai pengetahuan dasar untuk dapat menggunakan bahasa Inggris sebagai sarana untuk dapat berkomunikasi. Selain itu, para siswa juga perlu diberikan latihan mengenai Simple Present Tense. The English teacher of Pangudi Luhur elementary school The teacher should give the students enough additional materials about English native vocabulary British. The students needed to enrich their selves with as much as possible English vocabulary as the basic knowledge to be able to use English as the means of communication. The other important thing beside English vocabulary was the simple present tense exercises. The students needed to learn this simplest pattern of English sentences so that they will be able to compose sentences started from the simplest one

b. Students’ Lack