Developing a Syllabus and Providing Instructional Materials for The Teaching of English in Kindergarten  

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Maulidiyah, Hidayatul

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 699-708.
Topik: Syllabus; English Instructional Materials; Young Learners; Kindergarten
Fulltext: hal 699.pdf (16.58MB)

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This study aims at developing a syllabus and instructional materials for the teaching of English in kindergarten to fill the gap of the unavailability of ready to use syllabus and instructional materials appropriate and relevant with kindergarten’s context. It is a design and development research with phases of analysis, development, and evaluation. The analysis involved field information and library research to find relevant information for product development. Upon development, the products were then validated to evaluate their appropriateness with young learners’ characteristics as well as their applicability and efficiency for the users. The products were then revised based on validators’ suggestions before being tried out to know their level of usefulness and effectiveness in reaching the objectives. The result of the tryout showed that the kindergarteners were actively engaged in the instruction, they showed interest and enjoyment with it, the pictures and visuals helped in comprehension and the multiple activities facilitated different types of learners, and the instruction encouraged the kindergarteners to use the language for communication. The final products: the syllabus, teacher guideline and instructional materials, were considered appropriate and applicable to be used in kindergarten context. They helped kindergarten teachers in supplementing English instruction in their teaching.

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