DEVELOPING A SET OF PUBLIC SPEAKING LEARNING MATERIALS FOR THE ENGLISH CLUBS OF INDONESIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Abstract: The objectives of this study are: (1) to identify the target and learning needs of the English Club members of SMAN 4 Yogyakarta and (2) to develop a set of public speaking learning materials for the English Club of SMAN 4 Yogyakarta. This research is classified into research and development (R&D). The subjects were the English Club members. This research was conducted through the following steps: (1) conducting the needs analysis, (2) writing the course grid, (3) writing the first draft, (4) getting expert judgment, and (5) writing the final draft. The instruments used in this research were the needs analysis questionnaire and the expert evaluation questionnaire. The data from the needs analysis were analyzed quantitatively using frequency and percentage, and the data obtained from the materials evaluation were analyzed through descriptive statistics. In this research, there are three units of learning materials which were designed i.e. 'This house is…' which covers debating skills, 'Good evening ladies and gentlemen…' which covers speech skills, and 'I'm going to talk about…' which covers presentation skills. Based on the expert judgment result, the mean score of all aspects of the three units was 3.26, categorized as "very good". This suggests that the developed materials were appropriate to be used for the English Club of Indonesian high school.

Keywords: English club, learning materials, public speaking