Abstract-This research is aimed at determining the effect of implementing communicative approach in language teaching on the students' learning outcomes. The research was conducted in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia. The research employed descriptive correlation design and 40 elementary school teachers were selected as samples by random sampling technique. Data collection technique used questionnaires and documentation, and the analysis technique employed descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment correlation. The results indicated that implementing communicative approach in the language teaching did not significantly influence the students' learning outcomes in the national examination. If it was seen from the items of activities which had been performed in the learning process through communicative approach, there were some items that have significant influence towards students' learning outcomes in social science.

This study is designed to analyse the content of thematically integrated textbook for students at fourth-grade primary schools with character building and scientific approach. The study is descriptive qualitative study. The result of the study showed that generally, the materials within the book have been developed in accordance with character building and thematic approach. However, there was some discordance within the thematic textbook that were suggested by the government, especially in character building and scientific approach aspects. In summary, the textbook for students at fourth-grade primary school which is published by the Ministry of Education and Culture does not fully contain character building and scientific approach.

<div align="center"><table width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstract:</strong> The implementation of character education in school must rest on the ideology of the Pancasila as the noble value of the Indonesian people. Furthermore, the values that are still abstract are translated into wider and more detailed values according to the needs, conditions and environment of the school itself. At the same time, there is a school that develops character education with the term Ta'lim. In it are learned a number of values, including how to respect the teacher, how to learn to easily master the lessons in school, to things that are recommended and prohibited in learning in detail. In other words, Ta'lim is an instrument used by school in trigerring students to have certain characters.</p><p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstrak:</strong><em> </em>Penyelenggaraan pendidikan karakter di setiap lembaga pendidikan harus berpijak pada ideologi Pancasila sebagai nilai luhur bangsa Indonesia. Selanjutnya, nilai-nilai yang masih abstrak tersebut diterjemahkan menjadi nilai-nilai yang lebih luas dan rinci sesuai dengan kebutuhan, kondisi, dan lingkungan sekolah itu sendiri. Bersamaan dengan itu, terdapat sebuah sekolah yang mengembangkan pendidikan karakter dengan istilah Ta’lim. Didalamnya dipelajari beberapa hal, di antaranya bagaimana menghormati guru, bagaimana cara belajar agar mudah menguasai pelajaran di sekolah, sampai hal-hal yang dianjurkan dan dilarang dalam belajar secara detail. Dengan kata lain, Ta’lim merupakan instrumen yang digunakan sekolah dalam mencetak siswa yang memiliki karakter tertentu.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>