DEVELOPING ENGLISH SYLLABUS AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BASED ON SWOT ANALYSIS

Abstract

Although the Indonesian government did not require elementary students to learn English, many schools, both state and private, still provided English in their curriculum.  The absence of government’s roles had led freedom for the schools to designthe English curriculum. This study aims to evaluate the syllabus and the learning process at an elementary level using SWOT analysis and to develop the syllabus based on the results of the investigation. Research and development methods simplified into five steps, which are evaluation, syllabus development,validation, field testing, and production were employed. The results show positive feedback from the school in improving the quality of learning English.