Developing Character-Based English Supplementary Materials for Junior High School: A Design-Based Research

This research aims to develop character-based English supplementary materials based on 2013 curriculum. This is design-based research which was conducted in Junior High School. 36 students and English teacher in class target participated in this research. Data were the existing English course book, the result of need analysis, the prototype of character-based English materials and the implementation of the prototype. The data collected through library research, pre-observation, interview, questionnaire and FGD. The procedures include: (1) preliminary research which consists of need analysis and literature review, (2) prototyping which consists of drawing the blue-print, making prototype draft and expert validation and (3) assessment which consists of final prototype draft, try out and final product. The findings reveal that need analysis data became the basis on how the researcher composed English supplementary materials with scientific approach instructional procedures which consists of observing, questioning, experimenting, associating, communicating and creating activities. The contents of proposed materials refer to students’ character building. The final product was character-based English module with compact disc for listening materials which can be used in Junior High School. In accordance to pedagogical implication, the findings support English materials developer in developing English materials based on character building