DEVELOPING LEARNING MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH CONVERSATION EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM FOR GRADE X STUDENTS OF OFFICE ADMINISTRATION OF SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PRAMBANAN, KLATEN

Abstract

 The objectives of this research were: 1) to describe the Office Administration students’ target needs, 2) to describe the Office Administration students’ learning needs, and 3) to develop the appropriate English conversation learning materials for grade X students of Office Administration of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Prambanan, Klaten. The nature of this study was research and development (R&D) adapting ADDIE cycle: analyzing, designing, developing, evaluating and revising. The data were obtained from questionnaires and observation. The data from questionnaire then were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics. The observation data were analyzed qualitatively. As many as 26 grade X students of Office Administration were chosen as the research subjects. The result of this research was a three-unit module developed based on KKNI Level 2 Secretary standard graduate competences. Each unit of the developed materials has around 16 tasks. These tasks were divided into three parts: introduction, main lesson, and reinforcement. From the results of the expert judgment, the overall mean score for the developed materials is 3.61 and falls into the category of “Very Good”. Therefore, the developed materials are appropriate to be used in the conversation extracurricular program.

Keywords: conversation, materials, extracurricular program, Grade X, Office Administration