Discussion RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

materials needed small revision. The final product of the developed materials can be seen in the Appendix.

B. Discussion

The discussion of the research findings answered the question in the formulation of the problem which concerned with the characteristics of the suitable listening – speaking materials for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat Program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. The discussion is related to the result of the questionnaire administered for the students and observation sheet for the observer. There were five aspects to be considered in the questionnaire and observation sheet including goal, input, activity, layout, and instruction. Based on the result of the data, the developed materials were appropriate with students’ needs, abilities, and characteristics. From the result, the characteristics of suitable listening – speaking materials for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora can be concluded. These are the following characteristics.

a. Goal

The students at the fourth grade of Elementary schools are expected to be able to communicate in a very simple way. The goal of the listening – speaking activities is to give chances to the students in practicing their listening and speaking abilities. These activities prepared the students to be able to communicate with others in a very simple way.

b. Input

The language input in the developed listening – speaking materials was presented in “more to know”, “let’s sing”, “list of expressions” parts. The topics of each unit were chosen based on students’ interest and needs. The topics chosen were relevant with the daily life. It made the materials were easily understood by the students. Moreover, the linguistic aspect, the number of new vocabulary, difficulty of the task, expressions, and also structure of the language should be in the level of 4 th grade students.

c. Activity

The listening – speaking materials developed into some activities that supported the students to be able to communicate with other in a very simple way. To get there, there were three steps that were conducted. They were presentation, practice, and production. Most of the activities used in the materials were group work and whole class activities. The arrangement of the activities based on the contribution and the level of difficulty was aimed at preparing the students to be able to get information on their own. Since the students had short attention span, the interesting and varied activities should be promoted to avoid boredom.

d. Layout

The developed listening – speaking materials was a book for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. It presented materials of listening and speaking with suitable pictures to help students understand the materials. The colorful pictures and layout would attract students’ attention.

e. Instruction

The “Back to Nature” book as the students’ book of listening – speaking materials should have clear instruction. The structure of the sentences should be clear and easy to be understood by the students. There was an example for each exercise to help students do the work. The teacher’ guide was made to help teacher use the listening – speaking materials. It consisted of clear steps of using the materials on how to present the materials. The teacher’ guide was written in Indonesia so it was appropriate to be used by nonnative English speakers.

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusions

This research was aimed at developing listening – speaking materials for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. In the discussion of chapter four, there are two main parts which are concerned with the design of the developed listening – speaking materials and the characteristics of the suitable listening – speaking materials for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. The developed listening – speaking materials consists of four units in which each unit presents different topics. The topics of the listening – speaking materials are chosen based on the students’ interest and needs. The materials are developed into some activities which promote group and whole class activities. The materials are developed based on the theory of Total Physical Response TPR and the Presentation, Practice, and Production PPP approach. The teacher’ guide book is also provided to help the teacher use the developed listening – speaking materials. The results of evaluation show that the listening – speaking materials are suitable to teach listening and speaking for the 4 th grade students of Chit – Chat program in SD Negeri Tempurejo 3 Blora. The characteristics of suitable