Developing English Learning Materials for the Eleventh Graders of Multimedia Study Program at SMK N 2 Sewon in the First Semester of the Academic Year of 2015/2016

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to describe the target needs of the eleventh graders of Multimedia Study Program at SMK N 2 Sewon, 2) to describe the learning needs of the eleventh graders of Multimedia Study Program at SMK N 2 Sewon, and 3) to develop appropriate English learning materials for the eleventh graders of Multimedia Study Program at SMK N 2 Sewon in the first semester based on Curriculum 2006. This research and development study followed the materials development stages proposed by Jolly and Bolitho (1998) by some modifications.The steps of the research were identification of the needs, planning, realization of material production, material evaluation, and revision and production of the final draft. The samples were the eleventh graders of Multimedia Study Program at SMK N 2 Sewon. The instruments were the needs analysis questionnaires, expert judgment questionnaires and the interview guideline. The needs analysis data were analyzed quantitatively by using frequency and percentage and the data from the material evaluation were also analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive statistics. The results of the interview were analyzed qualitatively. The findings show that 1) students learned English mainly to be able to communicate in English in both spoken and written manner, 2) they were in needs to understand text related to the multimedia field to support future career, 3) they preferred multimedia field as the topic to be involved in the instructional materials, 4) they needed spoken text in dialog and monolog, 5) they preferred written texts related to the multimedia field. The materials were evaluated in term of content, language, presentation, and layout appropriateness. The result of the materials evaluation showed that the materials felt into “good” category as the mean value of all aspects of the developed materials was 3.11.