DEVELOPING ENGLISH SPEAKING MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH TUTORIAL PROGRAM OF INTERMEDIATE LEVEL STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT THE CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY

摘要

The aims of this research were (1) to identify the target needs and learning needs of the intermediate level students of International Accounting Education study program of Yogyakarta State University and (2) to develop English speaking materials for English Tutorial Program of intermediate level students of International Accounting Education study program at the Centre for Language Development of Yogyakarta State University. udThis research was a Research and Development (R&D) study. The steps of the research were conducting the needs analysis, writing the course grid, developing the first draft of materials, consulting the first draft of materials to the experts, and revising and developing the final draft of materials. There were two types of questionnaires used in this research. The first questionnaire was the needs analysis questionnaire, distributed to the students to identify their target needs and learning needs. The second one was the materials expert evaluation questionnaire to assess the appropriateness of the developed materials. The data was then analyzed in the form of percentage and mean. The result of the materials evaluation was analyzed using descriptive statistics. udThe result of this research is four units of materials. Each unit of the materials consists of introduction, main lesson, and reinforcement part. The introduction part consists of the unit title and learning objectives. The main lesson part consists of Pre-Task, Task Cycle, and Language Focus. It has 13 tasks focusing on improving students’ listening and speaking skills where most of the tasks are done in pairs. The types of tasks are mostly listening to recordings, determining true-false statements, answering W/H questions, acting out dialogues, and making dialogues. The reinforcement part consists of reflection and vocabulary list. Based on the results of the experts’ judgment questionnaire, the content, language, presentation, and lay-out of the developed materials are appropriate. The mean score of all aspects was 4.34, categorized as very good. This suggests that the developed materials are appropriate to be used in English Tutorial Program.