DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF MARITIME VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Khosiyono, Banun Havifah Cahyo (2016) DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF MARITIME VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. In: PROCEEDING OF CONSORTIUM OF LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE Contemporary Issues in English Linguistics, Literature, and Education. Prosiding, Vol. 1 (No. 1). Fakultas Adab dan Ilmu Budaya, Yogyakarta, pp. 87-94. ISBN 978-979-8548-08-6

Preview	Text (DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF MARITIME VOCATIONAL SCHOOL) 14_Banun - DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR THE SECOND GRADE.pdf - Published Version Download (208kB) | Preview
Preview	Text (DEVELOPING ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF MARITIME VOCATIONAL SCHOOL) Cover s.d. Daftar Isi.pdf - Published Version Download (928kB) | Preview

Abstract

This study aims to: (1) develop the English materials for the second grade of Maritime Department of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Kalasan; and (2) reveal the strength and limitation of the English materials. The type of this study is Educational Research and Development (R&D) which consists of seven steps as follows: (1) study and information collecting; (2) planning; (3) developing product; (4) field testing; and (5) final product revision. The subjects of this study were second grade students of Maritime Department of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Kalasan in the academic year of 2013/2014. The data collection was conducted by needs analysis, expert judgment, and field testing. The data were analyzed by using the descriptive qualitative technique. The findings are: firstly, the English materials development for Maritime Department of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Kalasan is developed based on the needs analysis and International Maritime Organization (IMO) syllabus. Secondly, the effective English learning materials tasks for the second grade of Maritime Department of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Kalasan have some characteristics as such the tasks aim at developing students’ four English macro skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing and students’ English micro skills, such as vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation and the tasks are divided into eight parts for each unit, namely snapshot, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar focus, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Lastly, there are some strength and limitation of the English materials development. The strength of the English materials development were the tasks to support the development of the students’ four English macro skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing and students’ English micro skills, such as vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation; the materials or input texts are developed authentically based on the students’ needs and IMO syllabus; the tasks in each unit reflects a real world or rationale, interesting and motivating the students; the layout is interesting and there are some authentic pictures. On the other hand, the limitation of the English materials development were the grading of the task difficulty is not appropriate to the level of the students; the task is not structured so that it can be undertaken at different levels of difficulty; and the teacher cannot determine how successfully the learners have performed. Keywords: Research and Development, IMO syllabus, needs analysis, materials development

Share this knowledge with your friends :

Actions (login required)

View Item