Developing English Teaching Materials for Young Learners based on Islamic Values of Integrated Language Skills for Islamic Elementary School

This Educational Research and Development (ER-D) is conducted to develop
English teaching materials for young learners of grade four based on Islamic
values of integrated language skills at SD IT AL Hijrah 2 Deli Serdang. The
objectives of this study are 1) to analyze English teaching materials are needed by
the students, 2) to develop the English teaching materials, and 3) to give reasons
for the English teaching materials developed. The respondent of this study is 23
respondents which consisted of twenty (20) fourth-grade students, one (1) English
teacher, and two (2) lecturers. The data is collected by questionnaire, interview,
and documentary. The results of this study showed that 1) English teaching
materials needed by the students are English teaching materials based on Islamic
values of integrated language skills, 2) the development of English teaching
materials were developed through four steps, namely evaluation and need
analysis, material development, material validation, and revision and final
product, and 3) the reason English teaching materials are developed based on
Islamic values of integrated language skills is because of the Islamic elementary
schools and the terms or level of young learners. Based on the expert’s judgment
result, the score was 3.68, and the percentage is 90% categorized as very good. It
means that the developed materials were relevant or appropriate for the fourth�grade students of Islamic elementary school. It implies that the teacher can use the
developed English teaching materials based on Islamic values of integrated
language skills and Islamic elementary needs to lead the students to learn English
in the Islamic context.