Shaz Foo Kim

DEVELOPING MATERIALS OF TEACHING LANGUAGES FOR GRADES 1 IN THE SUBJECTS OF NGADA LOCAL CULTURE USINGTEMES OF ARTIFACTS, ANIMALS, AND PLANTS

Maria Desidaria Noge1, Yosefina Uge Lawe1, Yuvensius Lana 1, Dony Novaliendry2,3,*

Vol-

983

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February 10, 2021

Abstract

This study aims to produce multilingual teaching materials based on content and the local cultural context of the Ngada ethnicity on the themes of objects, animals, and plants around me that are by the characteristics of grade I primary school students, as well as to determine the quality of the product trial results for the development of multilingual teaching materials. The subjects of the trials in this study included class I teachers as content/material experts taken from SDI Rutosoro teachers, STKIP Citra Bakti lecturers as Indonesian language experts and book product design experts developed, SMP Citra Bakti teachers as English language experts, a figure author of the Bajawa regional language book as a regional linguist. Meanwhile, the object under study is the content and local cultural context of the Ngada ethnic group, which can be integrated with the first grade material on the themes of things, animals, and plants around me to be used as multilingual teaching materials based on content and the local cultural context of the Ngada ethnicity. This multilingual teaching material found on content and the local cultural context of the Ngada ethnic group was developed using the ADDIE model. The ADDIE model consists of five steps, namely: (1) analyze, (2) design, (3) development, (4) implementation, and (5) evaluation. The research results on the development of multilingual teaching materials based on content and the local cultural context of the Ngada ethnic group based on the results of expert trials are as follows. (1) The content/material expert trial was in a perfect category. The highest score was in the material’s suitability with core competencies, essential competencies, (2) The test for Indonesian language experts was in the excellent category. The highest score was in the consistency of use terms, (3) The test of regional linguists is in the right type. The highest score is in sentence effectiveness and providing information, (4) The test of English language experts is in the excellent category. The highest score is in using the letters’ shape and size consistently, (5) Experts in product design development trials are in an outstanding variety. The highest score is on the attractive aspects of the cover design, the completeness of the components in each chapter of teaching materials, and the organization of learning activities designed to support culture-based learning. Based on these trials’ results, it can be concluded that the multilingual teaching material that has been developed is suitable for use by grade I elementary school students.

Keywords: Multilingual teaching materials, Themes, Content, and Context, Ngada Local Culture.