Improve English Language Ability of Kanigoro 3 Elementary School Students with English Extracurricular 

The Elementary school institution is still given English material to students, but in the form of extracurricular or additional hours and can get into the local content material. This is because the school assesses the basic ability of English for students is very important. Given the higher levels, these subjects are given in full.

Teachers who teach at SD Kanigoro 3 are students from Universitas PGRI Madiun. Initially, each class will be accompanied by 2 teachers in one class, then the rules are changed to 1 teacher accompanying 1 class. This English extracurricular has been running for about 7 months since September 2019. One of the students teaching grade 4, Sheilla Restiovanti, assesses that English material needs to be given to increase student knowledge. "We have to teach English to children from an early age because English is an international communication, so this material is very important given," he explained

This extracurricular is needed for the preparation of English language material at a higher level, namely junior high school (SMP). For grades 1 to grade 3, the material provided is basic material such as singing in English and vocabulary recognition. The goal is for students to understand and memorize vocabulary at each meeting. In addition to introducing new vocabulary, in this way students can understand good and correct pronunciation. As for grades 4 through 6, the English teacher gradually provides materials such as sorting words into sentences, grammar, and introduce ourself. "If students already know how to write and read English, the material continues to write the sentence," Sheilla said.