Developing the “Le Petit Club Français” Model through Interactive Playful Learning for French Vocabulary Acquisition among Elementary School Students

Foreign language instruction at the elementary level needs activities that suit children's development and combine visual, auditory, physical, and social experiences, yet structured French programs for Indonesian elementary students are rarely studied. This study aimed to develop the Le Petit Club Français extracurricular program, based on an eight-stage Interactive Playful Learning model, for Grade IV and V students at a public elementary school in Malang, and to test its validity and practicality. The study used a Research and Development design that applied the Analysis, Design, Development, and limited Implementation stages of the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation model, without a separate summative Evaluation stage. The needs analysis involved 132 prospective users, and the practicality trial involved 30 students. The developed products included an eight-stage instructional model, activity plans, progressive vocabulary materials, learning media, student worksheets, a facilitator's guide, and assessment instruments. Two validators, a French language lecturer and a French language teacher, validated the prototype, and the students completed an 18-statement practicality questionnaire. Data were analyzed with feasibility percentages and descriptive analysis. Material validation reached 92% and method validation reached 89.6%, both in the highly valid category, and student practicality reached 91.11%, in the highly practical category. The program is feasible for elementary French extracurricular instruction. Further experimental research is recommended to examine the program’s effect on vocabulary acquisition and retention.