DEVELOPING ENGLISH LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADE TEN STUDENTS OF CULINARY ARTS STUDY PROGRAMME AT SMK MUHAMMADIYAH WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012-2013

摘要

The objectives of this study are: (1) to find out the target needs of grade ten students of Culinary Arts study programme, (2) to find out the learning needs of grade ten students of Culinary Arts study programme, and (3) to develop appropriate English learning materials for grade ten students of Culinary Arts study programme at SMK Muhammadiyah Wonosari.udThe nature of this study is Research and Development (R&D). The procedures were conducting needs analysis, planning (writing course grid), designing the materials (writing the first draft), expert judgment (evaluating the appropriateness and reviewing the contents), and writing the final draft of the materials. This study involved 27 grade ten students of Culinary Arts study programme at SMK Muhammadiyah Wonosari as the research subjects. The instruments for collecting the data were questionnaires (needs assessment questionnaire and expert judgment questionnaire). The results of the needs assessment questionnaire were analysed using percentage and the expert judgment were analysed using descriptive statistics and frequencies. There were two material experts involved to review and evaluate the material.udThe findings of this study are described as follows. (1) The students believe that they use English as a medium of oral communication with their customers and colleagues. They want to be able to communicate fluently using English in oral communication and to master vocabularies related to their field. (2) The learning needs of the students are learning materials of which topics are related to the culinary field. They also wanted to carry out the tasks in groups. (3) The developed learning materials are appropriate based on the results of expert judgment questionnaire. It was proved by the mean ( ) value of 4.48 of overall items which cover the appropriateness of content, language, presentation and layout. This study also suggests that appropriate learning materials should consist of six parts: introduction, lead-in, main activities, evaluation, reflection and summary.