DEVELOPING TASK-BASED ENGLISH SPEAKING SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR GRADE X STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Abstract

The aims of this study were: (1) to find out the target needs of grade X students of senior high schools, (2) to find out the learning needs of grade X students of senior high schools and (3) to develop appropriate English speaking supplementary materials based on Task-Based Language Teaching approach for grade X students of senior high schools. This is research and development (R & D) study. The subjects of the research were grade X students of SMANegeri 2 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2017/2018. There were two techniques of data collection in conducting this research. The first one was questionnaire which comprises needs analysis questionnaire aimed to the students and the materials development expert. The second one was the interview of needs analysis addressed to the teacher. The research procedure was adopted from the course design procedure proposed by the experts in Tomlinson (2011: 246) with some modifications. Hence, the research procedure consisted of conducting the needs analysis, formulating the course design, designing the first draft of materials, obtaining the expert judgement, and revising the final draft of materials. The product of this study consists of three units of English speaking supplementary materials. Based on the evaluation of materials, the content, the presentation, the language and the layout of the materials are appropriate. The mean score for the whole aspects of the developed materials was 3.40 which is considered ‘very good’.

Keywords: Task-Based Language Teaching, speaking, supplementary materials