Developing a Model of English Digital Poster Book for Teaching English in Indonesia’s Early Childhood Education

Abstract

Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) means introducing English as a foreign language in learning to children. Children should learn a foreign language earlier to expand the boundaries of the world and encourage them to face dynamic international development. Nowadays, children are immersed as native digital users more so than generations past. Therefore, this research is a research and development (R&D) that aims to design, develop and validate an English digital poster book Model teaching English in Indonesia’s early childhood education using the ADDIE Models. This model consists of five steps: analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate. The product of this research was developed and then evaluated by four content experts. The result showed that all content experts considered that the final version of an English digital poster book for teaching English in Indonesia’s early childhood education was practical and valid. Based on the observation, most children are excited to use this product in learning English. Teachers also claimed that this product was so interesting, easy to understand, appropriate to the level of difficulty for children in learning English, easy to operate, and can guide them to in teaching English at kindergarten level.