second or foreign language that such activities can promote educational development. Schilling et al in Tomlinson and Masuhara 2009 report that being
active and moving during play boosts children’s attention span and facilitates verbal, visual, and kinesthetic learning. They also found that physical play can be
a huge boost for children’s self-esteem, especially for nonnative children. Consequently, gaming activities can be the solution for the teachers to make the
class more interesting for their children in the teaching and learning process.
From above discussion, it can be concluded that the aim of the study is to develop a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten
children of the class B of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak to make the teaching and learning English in that school more effective and intensive so the process of
teaching is meaningful.
B. Problem Identification
Based on the background of the study mentioned above, the problems of the study are:
1. the first problem is there is no English learning material in the school to be
used in teaching and learning process. Teachers only prepared by themselves which may not appropriate for their children.
2. the second problem is related to the teachers. There is not all the teachers are
able to prepare their own materials that meet the children’s needs and interests. Where Kindergarten children which are identified and described as
the uniqueness of individuals, so they need special treatment to teach them. They have their own life which is relatively have a simple language.
C. Limitation of The Problem
As the problem raised before, the study deals with developing a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten-
teacher’s guide book children of the class B of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak
D. Formulation of The Problem
In line with the limitation of the problem before, the formulation of this study are :
1. What does a set of English learning tasks-teacher’s guide book for the
kindergarten children of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak look like? 2.
How to develop a set of English learning tasks by using song and game-based for kindergarten children-
teacher’s guide book for the class B of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak?
E. Objective of The Development
Based on the problems limitation above, the objectives of the study are: 1. to design the appropriate a set of song and game-based english learning
tasks for kindergarten- teacher’s guide book.
2. to find out the characteristics of English learning tasks based on a set of song and game for kindergarten-
Teacher’s Guide Book.
F. Specification of The Product
The product of this study is a set of song and game-based English learning tasks of kindergarten children-
teacher’s guide book for TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak. The developed materials consist of three units. Every unit of the
materials has been developed through the children needs analysis result. The teacher’s guide is consisted of some contents such as the objective and
the indicators that the children should reach in every unit, the information for the teachers how to use the developed materials in the form of the stages for
delivering the materials, the course grid, the media, the worksheet for the children and the answer keys.
G. Significance of The Study
The study is expected to have significant contribution theoretically and practically for:
1. Kindergarten
The learning material can be used as a source of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak in teaching and learning English.
2. Kindergarten English Teacher
This designed material is expected to encourage teachers to develop appropriate material based on the
children’s needs and interests.
3. The Children
This study is aimed to help kindergarten children to study English in fun ways by using song and game-based.
4. The Material Developer
For the researcher can be used as a chance to develop the ability in developing English learning material especially for kindergarten
children.
