Designing a supplementary English workbook by using songs as the English language teaching (ELT) media

Abstract

This research aims to design a supplementary English workbook by using songs as the media regarding the target needs and learning needs. This research is classified into Research and Development (R&D) with a modified model by Borg and Gall. The held steps began with conducting a need analysis, composing the course grid, designing the first draft, getting an expert judgment, designing the final draft, and conducting a small-scale field test for the students in the eleventh grade of SMAN 2 Gorontalo Utara as the subject of research. The data were obtained qualitatively and quantitatively through interviews and questionnaires. There were three questionnaires applied in this research which were administered to students’ need analysis, expert judgment, and field test validation. The qualitative data were analyzed through essay description meanwhile the quantitative data were analyzed by using a statistical description. The output of this research is a workbook of unit 7 entitled Meaning Through Song which is designed based on students’ target and learning needs. The unit consists of four parts of learning tasks, they are Let’s Check Your Vocabulary, How Good is Your Tense ?, Let’s Talk about Song, and How does It Sound Like?. Those learning tasks are orderly and purposed to assess students’ vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and listening ability which are classified into cognitive and skill assessment. Based on the expert judgment result that consists of content, presentation, language, and graphics, the overall workbook design is categorized as highly appropriate with a Mean score of 3.68. The result is close to the field test validation gained from the students which is 3.63 categorized as highly appropriate.