Developing Task-Based English Learning Materials for Grade XI Students of the Marketing Department at the State Vocational High School (SMKN) 1 Bantul

摘要

The objectives of this study were: (1) to describe the target needs of Grade XI students of the Marketing Department at SMKN 1 Bantul (2) to describe the learning needs of Grade XI students of the Marketing Department at SMKN 1 Bantul (3) to develop task-based English learning materials for Grade XI students of the Marketing Department at SMKN 1 Bantul.udThis research was a research and development (R&D) study. The steps of this study were conducting need analysis, writing the course grid, writing the first draft of the materials, having expert judgment on the first draft of the materials, conducting try-out and evaluation of the developed tasks, revising the main developed tasks and writing the final draft of the tasks. There were two types of data: the quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were the students’ needs, the experts’ assessments, English teachers and students evaluation which were collected by using questionnaires, while the qualitative data were the experts’, English teachers and students opinion about the designed materials. The data were then analyzed quantitatively in the form of percentage and mean and qualitatively. The data were conversed which were computation of results of evaluation questionnaires, into the interval of mean values.udThe research develops three units of English learning materials for Grade XI students of the Marketing Department at SMKN 1 Bantul. Each unit is organized into three parts namely introduction, main activity and reinforcement sections. It was also found that the materials attempt to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Based on the needs analysis results, it shows that students need tasks that make them to be able to communicate orally in their daily life and to understand the meaning and the use of every word of English. The research findings of the expert judgment, the content, the language, the presentation, and the layout of the materials are good as shown by the mean value of 3 up to 4. Moreover, on the respondents’ evaluation, the result of the English teachers’ feedback showed that the range of mean values was from 3 up to 4. It means that each aspect has high mean value. In other words, the English teachers considered the materials well developed. The result of the students’ feedback in the first try out was 2.70 up to 3.53 while in the second try out was 2.70 up to 3.62. It can be concluded that the students considered each unit also well developed.