PAWIYATAN
Vol 20, No 2 (2013)

DESIGNING A SET OF INSTRUCTIONAL ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR SECRETARIAL STUDENTS

Dewi, Radeni Sukma Indra ( IKIP Veteran Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Apr 2014

Abstract

This study is an attempt to find out what kinds of English materials are needed by secretarial students and their opinion about the existing English material, to describe how the “English for Secretary” is developed in English teaching material for the secretarial students, finding out whether the “English for Secretary” in English teaching material is effective and appropriate for the secretarial students of vocational school. Based on the research problems, this study is aimed to develop English teaching material, using “English for Secretary” students textbook. It is done according to Standar Kompetensi Sekretaris in first grade of vocational school. The approach used in this study is Research and Development (R&D). I used all of the steps proposed by Hyland (2003:83). They are conducting survey, developing materials, expert and teacher validation, doing first revision, trying out, doing second revision, producing final product, and disseminating. The results show that “English for Secretary” is worthwhile for the students’ achievement. We can see them from the results of their scores after being taught by using “English for Secretary” students textbook. The final conclusions are as follows : First, the students said that they found it difficult with the existing English materials and sometimes they became bored. They needed an attractive materials such as English songs, or animated movies. Second, I developed material which is called “English for Secretary” students textbook. This study can encourage the students to love English lessons. They can show their speaking and writing ability in business world. “English for Secretary” not only can help the students save their beautiful mind and express their language in written or spoken form easily but it can also help the teachers to teach English more easily and in an enjoyable manner. Third, the students gave the interesting opinions about the developed material. All of them liked the material very much. The students’ achievement after being taught by using “English for Secretary” is good. Keywords : Secretary, a Set of Instructional English Materials.

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