In a country like Indonesia, one of challenges in learning English as a foreign language is a lack of exposure of English in its authentic

Assessment is an ongoing process on students’ learning achievement. It is not about giving students the value of numbers or letters; an assessment tool is used to measure and monitor students’ understanding of the material taught. Quizizz is a beneficial assessment tool with interactive features that can help students and teachers do the assessment during online learning. However, some students find difficulties in accessing Quizizz. Therefore, this research aims to investigate EFL students’ perceptions toward Quizizz as an assessment tool during online learning. This study involved 100 twelfth graders of one junior high school students in Malang, Indonesia. These students have experienced using Quizizz to do the assessment for four weeks. In this research, quantitative method with a survey research design was chosen. A close-ended questionnaire was used to collect the data on students’ perceptions about the efficacy, the benefit, and the challenges of using Quizizz, and the data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The result of the study revealed that although there was an obstacle to fully implementing Quizizz, most of the students gave a positive attitude to the use of Quizizz as an assessment tool.

The shifting of curriculum from School-based to curriculum of 2013 which has been regulated under the Government of the Republic of Indonesia's Regulation number 32 year 2013 about the alteration of Government Regulation number 19 year 2005 about National Standard of Education has some consequences in several factors. One of them is on the elimination of English subject in elementary school. Meanwhile, English is still badly needed in elementary school level. As a result, English is still offered in elementary school level but not as a subject. Instead, it is offered as a compulsory extra curricular for students. However, there was problem in its implementation which was caused by the different materials taught while the test administered was the same. As the consequence, the target for achievement could not meet the Minimum Mastery Criterion. It is even worse thatEnglish score becomes one of the requirements for enrolling in Junior High level. Thus, uniformity of syllabus and teaching materials for English subject for elementary school students is deemed necessary. Local values needs also to be embedded in the teaching materials to be developed as it is important in providing character education and reinforcing nasionalism for students. Prior to material development, a guideline for development is required. Thus, need analysis and local wisdom-based syllabus development for elementary school level becomes the focus for this research. ABSTRAKPerubahan kurikulum tingkat satuan pendidikan (KTSP) menjadi kurikulum 2013 untuk tingkat sekolah dasar berkonsekuensi pada berbagai faktor. Salah satunya adalah penghapusan mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada tingkat sekolah dasar. Sedangkan permintaan masyarakat masih besar terhadap pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris di tingkat sekolah dasar. Dengan kondisi seperti sekarang ini, Bahasa Inggris tetap diberikan di tingkat sekolah dasar bukan sebagai mata pelajaran namun sebagai ekstra kulikuler wajib. Pada pelaksanaannya, timbul masalah karena tidak adanya keseragaman materi yang diberikan pada siswa padahal Bahasa Inggris diujikan di ujian sekolah. Sehingga target pencapaian Bahasa Inggris tidak bisa memenuhi Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM). Ironisnya lagi, nilai Bahasa Inggris adalah sebagai salah satu syarat untuk masuk Sekolah Menengah Pertama. Maka dari itu, perlu adanya keseragaman silabus dan buku ajar Bahasa Inggris untuk sekolah dasar. Kearifan lokal juga dimasukkan dalam pengembangan buku ajar Bahasa Inggris untuk menanamkan pendidikan karakter dan penguatan rasa nasionalisme bagi peserta didik. Sebelum mengembangkan buku ajar, perlu ada acuan sebagai dasar pengembangan. Maka, dalam penelitian ini, dilaksanakan analisa kebutuhan dan pengembangan silabus untuk buku ajar berbasis kearifan lokal untuk sekolah dasar.

The shifting of curriculum from School-based to curriculum of 2013 which has been regulated under the Government of the Republic of Indonesia’s Regulation number 32 year 2013 about the alteration of Government Regulation number 19 year 2005 about National Standard of Education has some consequences in several factors. One of them is on the elimination of English subject in elementary school. Meanwhile, English is still badly needed in elementary school level. As a result, English is still offered in elementary school level but not as a subject. Instead, it is offered as a compulsory extra curricular for students. However, there was problem in its implementation which was caused by the different materials taught while the test administered was the same. As the consequence, the target for achievement could not meet the Minimum Mastery Criterion. It is even worse thatEnglish score becomes one of the requirements for enrolling in Junior High level. Thus, uniformity of syllabus and teaching materials for English subject for elementary school students is deemed necessary. Local values needs also to be embedded in the teaching materials to be developed as it is important in providing character education and reinforcing nasionalism for students. Prior to material development, a guideline for development is required.  Thus, need analysis and local wisdom-based syllabus development for elementary school level becomes the focus for this research. ABSTRAKPerubahan kurikulum tingkat satuan pendidikan (KTSP) menjadi  kurikulum 2013 untuk tingkat sekolah dasar berkonsekuensi pada berbagai faktor. Salah satunya adalah penghapusan mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada tingkat sekolah dasar. Sedangkan permintaan masyarakat masih besar terhadap pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris di tingkat sekolah dasar. Dengan kondisi seperti sekarang ini, Bahasa Inggris tetap diberikan di tingkat sekolah dasar bukan sebagai mata pelajaran namun sebagai ekstra kulikuler wajib. Pada pelaksanaannya, timbul masalah karena tidak adanya keseragaman materi yang diberikan pada siswa padahal Bahasa Inggris diujikan di ujian sekolah. Sehingga target pencapaian Bahasa Inggris tidak bisa memenuhi Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM). Ironisnya lagi, nilai Bahasa Inggris adalah sebagai salah satu syarat untuk masuk Sekolah Menengah Pertama. Maka dari itu, perlu adanya keseragaman silabus dan buku ajar Bahasa Inggris untuk sekolah dasar. Kearifan lokal juga dimasukkan dalam pengembangan buku ajar Bahasa Inggris untuk menanamkan pendidikan karakter dan penguatan rasa nasionalisme bagi peserta didik. Sebelum mengembangkan buku ajar, perlu ada acuan sebagai dasar pengembangan. Maka, dalam penelitian ini, dilaksanakan analisa kebutuhan dan pengembangan silabus untuk buku ajar berbasis kearifan lokal untuk sekolah dasar. How to Cite: Sartika,  D. H. M., Santihastuti, A., Wahjuningsih, E. (2019). Need Analysis for Developing Course Book for English for Elementary School Students With Local-Content Values. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 6(1), 1-9. doi:10.15408/ijee.v6i1.9908

This study was aimed at investigating the need of alumni on the pedagogical knowledge and skills in their job as teachers and how sufficient the pedagogical courses offered at ELEP are in meeting the need of the alumni to do their job as teachers. To reach the objective of the study, survey method with cross-sectional design was employed. A set of questionnaire adapted from Tanriverdi & Apak (2013) study pertinent to pedagogical courses was distributed to alumni who are working as teachers. Responses from the questionnaires were analyzed to reveal the need of the alumni on the pedagogical knowledge and skill. Results of the analysis were further used to as a consideration to carefully select informants for an interview. From all the data collected and analyses conducted, it can be concluded that most pedagogical courses offered in ELEP are needed. However, few are in need refining that more practical knowledge is more accommodated so that the students can get clearer picture of the implementation in real teaching process. As for the sufficiency, the materials given in the pedagogical courses are relatively sufficient in equipping alumni doing their job as teachers.