ICT- based Material Development for History Subject of 3rd Grade Primary School of Jogja Patriae Academy (English Spesific Purpose)

Materials used in classrooms play a crucial role in facilitating teaching and learning process of English. This research paper consists of needs analysis process and materials development process with all its steps. The research took place in JPA primary school because there is no team for developing materials, media, and syllabus. Teachers design the lesson plans and learning materials based on their creativity without any consideration of the students’ needs. The researcher conducted needs analysis research to gain an understanding of the students’ lacks, wants, and necessities. Reading and Grammar teachers were interviewed during the research in order to corroborate the collected information earned from a distributed questionnaire and documents analysis. The needs analysis result revealed that it is urgently needed to develop learning material for teaching and learning history subject. The researcher used Content and Language Integrated Learning approach (CLIL) and supported by ICT tools to develop learning activities for teaching and learning history by using English as a language of instruction. The current paper reports on the project process with all of its steps including the developed activities result as a learning material.