DEVELOPING ENGLISH LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADE XI STUDENTS OF BEAUTY SKIN CARE STUDY PROGRAMME udAT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS

摘要

The objectives of this research were: (1) to find out the target needs of grade eleven students of beauty skin care study programme at vocational high schools, (2) to find out the learning needs of grade eleven students of beauty skin care study programme at vocational high schools, (3) to develop the appropriate English learning materials for grade eleven students of beauty skin care study programme at vocational high schools. The study was a Research and Development (R & D) study. The subjects were grade eleven students of beauty skin care study programme at SMK Negeri 6 Yogyakarta. This study adapted the research procedure proposed by Thiagarajan (1974), then it was combined with the model of research procedure proposed by Jolly and Bolitho in Tomlinson (1998) and Borg and Gall (1983). The procedures of the study were conducting the needs analysis, developing the course grid, developing the first draft of materials, evaluating the materials through expert judgment, and writing the final draft of materials.The instruments to collect the data were the needs analysis questionnaire and the expert judgment rating scale. The data from the needs analysis were analyzed quantitatively using frequency and percentage and the quantitative data obtained from the expert judgment were analyzed through descriptive statistics.The results showed that the students needed English learning materials which were related to beauty skin care area and their life. This study developed three units in the second semester of grade eleven that based on Curriculum 2013 in the form of a textbook. The research findings showed that the developed materialswas appropriate to be implemented. The mean score of the three units was 3.77 which was “Very Good”.