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AUTHENTIC MATERIALS USED IN ENGLISH FOR YOUNG

LEARNERS COURSE AT UNIVERSITY OF

MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

COVER

By:

LIA YOHANA

201210100311128

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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AUTHENTIC MATERIALS USED IN ENGLISH FOR YOUNG

LEARNERS COURSE AT UNIVERSITY OF

MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

LIA YOHANA

201210100311128

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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This thesis written by Lia Yohana was approved on April 27th, 2016

APPROVAL

By:

Advisor I, Advisor II,

Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed Puji Sumarsono, M.Ed., M.Pd

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and accepted as

one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Department

On May 4th, 2016

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes.

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dr. Masduki, M. Pd 1.....……………………..

2. Santi Prastiyowati, S. Pd., M. Pd 2………………………...

3. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed 3…………………………

4. Puji Sumarsono, M. Ed., M. Pd. 4…………………………

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Oفإن مع العسر يسرا Oإن مع العسر يسرا

Inna ma'a al'usri yusran. Fainna ma'a al'usri yusran

Karena sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan.

Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan.

(Q.S. AL INSYIRAH 5-6)

I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved parents Mr. Ismadi and Mrs. Siami.

My sister Ika Rachmawati.

My uncle David Kurniawan.

My beloved grandfather and grandmother.

My best friend M. Harist Fahmi Ruddin.

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ORIGINALITY DECLARATION

The undersigned:

Name : Lia Yohana

Student ID Number : 201210100311128

Program of Study : English Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

I hereby declare that in this thesis there is no any thesis or paper that have been

proposed to receive a bachelor degree, and there is no ideas or notions written or

published by another person, unless what has been written in this thesis and

mentioned in the references.

Malang, 27 April 2016

Lia Yohana

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulilllahirabbil-l ‘alamin, all gratitude was upon to Allah SWT. With his

grandeur the writer was able to finish her study in University of Muhammadiyah

Malang. As it was the first thesis she wrote, the process of doing and completing

the research was not easy for her. This work is not just about how to put words in

papers but also how to make it becoming valuable sources for the others. Thus,

just because of Allah she can fix any problems she faced during the process.

Second, the writer would like to say gigantic thanks to her beloved parents Mr.

Ismadi and Mrs. Siami. However, special thanks were for her daddy Mr. Ismadi.

He worth much for the writer. The writer cannot describe how proud she is with

him. Although, many people taught her daddy was a driver, but she proudly said

they were wrong and totally wrongs. Her daddy was the man behind the writer’s

success. He was the man who always supports the writer when she was down.

Thus, the writer humbly say thanks for all the sweats that have run out of his

body, the motivations, supports, prayers and thank you for always being writer’s

special carter. To her sister and his husband (Ika Rachmawati and David

Kurniawan), grandfather and grandmother (Mr. Roselan and Mrs. Tiari), thank

you for all prayers and supports.

Third, as the writer’s thesis will not be completed unless she had a powerful

guidance from the expert. Thus, she would like to say another gratitude to her 1st

advisor Mrs. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.ED. She thanked her lecture a lot for

all the valuable time, supports, motivations, encouragement, ideas, and the

corrections she made on the writers’ papers. The writer was always enjoy every

discussions she had and will always remember every advices that the lecture gave

to her and for Mr. Puji Sumarsono M. Ed., M.Pd, thank you for helping the writer

while sorting the idea, thank you for always guiding her through even he was in

unhealthy condition, and thank you for always helping her to carry out her

missions.

Furthermore, for my brilliant motivator Miss. Rafika Rabba Farah, thank you for

the precious time you spent for reading my thesis, the suggestions, and also the

references you sent to the writer and last but not least, the writer would say thanks

to her best friend Harist Fahmi Ruddin. Thank you for the supports, motivations,

and times. Sorry for the arguments that the writer made to you and please know it

that “You are awesome!”. Finally, thanks to all lectures in English Department, 6th

grade students teachers (Hilda, Rivida, Ipan, Fakhri, and Mas Afif), my sister and

brother in law Heni and Shoodiq and all my friends who had support me that I

cannot mention their names one by one.

Malang, 21 April 2016

Lia Yohana

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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