AN ANALYSIS OF LISTENING MATERIALS BASED ON THE NATIONAL CHARACTER BUILDING FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This research was intended to analyze the listening materials based on the National Character Building for the seventh year students of junior high school. The problems discussed in this research were how the character values of National Character Building are available in the listening materials of the English textbook, what kinds of character values are covered by listening material in the English textbook, and to what extent are the character values in National Character Building available in the listening materials of the English textbook. The design of this research was content analysis. From the research result, among 18 character values in National Character Building, the listening materials of the English textbook “Interactive English” for the seventh year students of junior high school contained 14 character values, and there were 4 character values not available. The listening materials of the English textbook “Interactive English” contained 77.8% character values in National Character Building, and 22.2% is unavailable. Although some character values in National Character Building are unavailable , the listening materials of the English textbook can be used as a guidance and source to implement the character education for junior high school because the available ones are still dominant.