DESIGNING A SET OF ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL SPEAKING
MATERIALS FOR THE STAFF OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
DEPARTMENT OF KABUPATEN KUTAI BARAT
A THESIS
Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree
in English Language Education
By
Valentina
Student Number: 041214127
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY
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DESIGNING A SET OF ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL SPEAKING
MATERIALS FOR THE STAFF OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
DEPARTMENT OF KABUPATEN KUTAI BARAT
A THESIS
Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree
in English Language Education
By
Valentina
Student Number: 041214127
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY
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OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
HOLY BE YOUR NAME,
YOUR KINGDOM COME,
YOU WILL BE DONE,
ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE
WHO SIN AGAINST US.
DO NOT BRING US THE TEST BUT DELIVER US
FROM EVIL.
The Lord’ s prayer
I dedicate this thesis to:
My Beloved Bapak and Mama,
My Brothers, Yudi and Rudi
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all I would like to convey my greatest gratitude to God. Due to his marvelous grace and guidance I was finally able to finish writing my thesis. It would be
wonderful opportunity for me to express my deepest gratitude to all those who have
supported and facilitated me in accomplishing this thesis.
My sincerest gratitude goes to my thesis sponsor Drs. Concilianus Laos Mbato, M.A. who helped, guided and encouraged me to finish my thesis. In addition, I would like to thank F.X. Ouda Teda Ena S.Pd. M.Pd., Antonius Jody S.Pd., Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang S.Pd., Punto Febriarry S.Pd. for evaluating the designed materials and Ria Faksriani S.Pd. for her willingness for correcting my grammatical mistakes.
My special gratitude goes to Mr. F.X. Markus S.Pd., the chief officer of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat for giving me permission to
conduct this study. I also thank Mr. Supratman S.Pd. MM., the chief officer of Promotion, Data Documentation, and Market Analysis division of Culture and Tourism
Department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat for all facilities that really helped me in the
comp letion of the materials design.
My sincere and deepest gratitude also goes to my beloved father, Yulius Leke
and my mother, Lusia. My special thank to my father who works from 7 pm to 9 am to make her daughter dream come true. Although I never say it to him directly, I want
everyone know through this thesis that I am proud to be his daughter. My deepest
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special gratitude also addressed to my cousin, Acis, for giving me 22 years wonderful sisterhood and friendship.
My special thanks go to my closest friends Linda, Yora, Ditha, Pebny, and Esty
for giving me such a wonderful friendship. I should be grateful to have Y.B. Leo Bernard Prabowo. I thank him for his love, support and patience. I also would like to give my gratitude for other friends of PBI 2004. I thank them for all the special
memories.
My special deepest gratitude also flies to Alexy Ramano and his family for being brother and accepting me in his family. My deepest gratitude also goes to Mbak Vitafor future life sharing, tips and advices.
Finally, my gratitude goes to those who m I can not mention by names. May God
bless them and make their life full of joy.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE ... i
APPROVAL PAGE ... ii
DEDICATION PAGE ... iv
STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS... ix
LIST OF FIGURES... xii
LIST OF TABLES... xiii
ABSTRACT... xiv
ABSTRAK... xv
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION... 1
1.1 Background of the Study …... 1
1.2 Problem Identification... 2
1.3 Problem Limitation... 3
1.4 Problem Formulation... 3
1.5 Objectives of the Study…... 4
1.6 Benefits of the Study... 4
1.7 Definition of Terms... 5
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW... 7
2.1 Theoretical Description... 7
2.1.1 Instructional Design………... 7
2.1.2 Speaking Skill... 10
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2.1.2.2 Teaching Speaking... 10
2.1.3 Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)... 12
2.1.3.1 Theory of the Language... 12
2.1.3.2 Theory of Learning... 12
2.1.3.3 Types of Classroom Activities... 12
2.1.3.4 Teacher’s and Learner’s Roles... 12
2.1.3.5 The Roles of Communicative Materials... 13
2.1.4 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) ... 14
2.1.5.1 Needs Analysis... 15
2.1.5.2 Syllabus... 17
2.1.5.3 Materials Design... 18
2.1.5. Designing English Instructional Speaking Materials for the Staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat 20 2.2 Theoretical Framework... 21
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY... 24
3.1 Research Methods... 24
3.2 Research Participants... 26
3.3 Research Instruments... 27
3.4 Data Gathering Techniques... 29
3.5 Data Analysis Techniques... 29
3.6 Research Procedures... 31
CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS... 34
4.1 The Steps of the Materials Design... 34
4.1.1 Learners Characteristic... 34
4.1.1.1 Description of the Participants... 35
4.1.1.2 Data Presentation and Analysis... 35
4.1.2 Considering Goals, Listing Topics, and Stating General Purposes... 40
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4.1.4 Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional
Resources... 43
4.1.5 Evaluating and Revising the Designed Materials... 44
4.2 The Findings of the Designed Materials Evaluation... 44
4.2.1 Description of the Participants of the Post-Design Survey... 45
4.2.2 Data Presentation and Analysis... 45
4.2.2.1 Participants’s Feedback... 47
4.2.2.2 The Revision and Improvement of the Designed Materials... 48
4..2.2.3 The Final version of the Designed Materials... 49
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS... 50
5.1 Conclusions... 50
5.2 Suggestions... 51
REFERENCES... 53
APPENDICES... 55
Appendix 1 : Research Permission Letter... 56
Appendix 2 : The Questionnaire for Needs Analysis... 58
Appendix 3 : The Interview Guidance... 63
Appendix 4 : The Questionnaire for Materials Evaluation... 65
Appendix 5 : Syllabus... 69
Appendix 6 : Lesson Plans... 73
Appendix 7 : The Presentation of the Designed Materials... 82
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1: Kemp’s Instructional Design Model... 9
Figure 2.3: Hutchinson and Waters’ Materials Design Model... 20
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1: Necessities, Lacks, and Wants... 16
Table 4.1: Description of the Participants of the Needs Survey... 35
Table 4.2: The Data Presentation of Needs Analysis... 36
Table 4.3: Basic Competencies of the Designed Materials... 41
Table 4.4: Indicators of the Materials Design... 42
Table 4.5: Description of the Participants of the Materials Evaluation... 45
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ABSTRACT
Valentina. 2009. Designing a Set of English Instructional Speaking Materials for the Staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University.
This study was conducted to design a set of English instructional speaking materials for the staff of Culture and Touris m Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The purpose of this design was to help the staff so they are able to communicate in English.
There were two problems in this study. First, how is a set of English instructional speaking materials for the staff of Cult ure and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat designed? and Second, what does a set of English instructional speaking materials look like?
To solve the first problem the writer did the interview to the chief officer of Data, Promotion Documentation, and Market Analysis division of Culture and Tourism Department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The writer also distributed questionnaire for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. There were seventeen staff involved in the questionna ire. All of the participants were placed in the elementary level. In order to design the materials, the writer applied five steps which were adapted from Kemp’s instructional design model. The steps were (1) Learners Characteristic; (2) Considering Goals, Listing Topics, and Stating the General Purposes; (3) Specifying the Learning Objectives; (4) Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional Resources; and (5) Evaluating and Revising the Designed Materials
To solve the second problem, the writer presented the materials, which consisted of eight units. Each unit contained four parts: Input, Content Focus, Language Focus, and Communicative Activity.
Based on the results of the post-designed survey, the writer concluded that the designed materials were appropriate and acceptable. It was shown from the data presentation of the descriptive statistics data in which the grand mean was 3.9 on scale of five. However, some revisions and improvements were still made to present better designed materials.
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ABSTRAK
Valentina. 2009. Designing a Set of English Instructional Speaking Materials for the Staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Sanata Dharma.
Skripsi ini dilaksanakan untuk menyusun seperangkat materi pengajaran berbicara bahasa Inggris bagi pegawai Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Tujuan dari materi ini adalah untuk membantu pegawai dinas kebudayaan dan pariwisata sehingga mereka mampu berkomunikasi menggunakan bahasa Inggris.
Ada dua permaslahan yang dirumuskan dalam studi ini. Masalah pertama berhubungan dengan bagaimana seperangkat instruksi materi berbicara untuk karyawan Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kabupaten Kutai Barat dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Masalah kedua berhubungan dengan bentuk dari seperangkat materi pengajaran berbicara dalam Bahasa Inggris.
Untuk memecahkan permasalahan pertama, penulis melakukan wawancara dengan kepala bagian pemasaran Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kutai Barat. Penulis juga menyebarkan kuesioner kepada karyawan Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kutai Barat. Ada tujuhbelas (17) orang karyawan yang terlibat dalam pengisian kuesioner. Semua peserta masuk dalam level dasar. Dalam menyusun materi, penulis menerapkan lima langkah yang diadaptasi dari model instruksi Kemp. Langkah-langkah tersebut adalah: (1) Karakter Pelajar, (2) Menentukan Tujuan, topik, dan tujuan umum (3) Perumusan pencapaian tujuan pembelajaran, (4) Penyeleksian aktivitas belajar mengajar, (5) Evaluasi dan perbaikan.
Untuk memecahkan permasalahn kedua, pemulis menyajikan materi yang terdiri atas delapan unit. Setiap unit terdiri atas:Input, Content Focus, Language Focus, and Communicative Activity.
Berdasarkan hasil penelitian paska perancangan materi, penulis menyimpulkan bahwa rancangan materi dapat diterima dan sudah sesuai. Hal ini ditunjukkan dari sajian data statistik deskriptif di mana nilai total rata-rata adalah 3,9 dengan skala lima. Namun demikian, beberapa perbaikan masih tetap dilakukan untuk menyajikan suatu rancangan materi yang lebih baik.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, the writer would like to present the background of the
study, problem identification, problem limitation, problem formulation, objectives
of the study, research benefits, and the definition of important terms in this study.
1.1Background of the Study
Nowadays we stepped into the 21st century, the era of globalization.
People around the world will interact with others from different nations for their
needs to be easier. The Globalization has demanded people to master an
international language, English, is not only serves as means of communication
among people in this world but also is a language for specific needs. People
willingly learn English because they realize that English is meaningful to widen
their knowledge in their fields of work.
As one of the demands of globalization, many working fields in our
country require their staff to master English language either spoken or written
form. The Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat as a
government institution also demands their staff to be able to master English
language in order to fulfill the needs of the globalization.
Kabupaten Kutai Barat is new regency in East Kalimantan. The Culture
and Tourism Department is one of a new department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat
of the department is to promote the tourism not only domestic but also
international tourism. In fact, there isn’t any course or program for the Culture and
Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Because of those reason, the
writer would like to design a set of English instructional speaking materials
especially for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat. The writer chooses the Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten
Kutai Barat because the department needs more human resources who are able to
communicate in English fluently and appropriately. Through mastering English
language, the quality of the human resources will be better.
The activities in the instructional materials and in this level will be based
on the learner’s specific needs. These specific needs will be categorized in a
certain program, called English for Specific Purposes (ESP). ESP is designed for
workers in which it will lead to specification of the purpose namely Occupational
Purpose. Therefore, language training program design for the Staff of Culture and
Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat is considered as English for
Occupational Purposes (EOP).
1.2Problem Identification
This study is conducted to develop English instructional speaking
materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat. The learners (staff) don’t have enough skill in speaking English. The
problem is they never have English course that train them to use a specific/special
Therefore, the writer tries to design a set of English instructional speaking
materials that fit to adult learners (staff) and to fulfill their needs on
communicating in English based on their occupation.
1.3 Problem Limitation
Because of the limited time, resources and experience, the study will be
limited in introducing a set of English instructional speaking materials for the staff
of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The writer
chooses Kabupaten Kutai Barat because this regency has been visited by foreign
tourists and has been developed as foreign tourists’ destination. Therefore, the
designed materials will be based on the learners’ needs and their occupation. In
this study, the writer concern about the designing of the English instructional
speaking materials. The writer hopes that the instructional materials would be
useful in helping the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat to develop their ability to speak in English fluently and appropriately based
on their occupation.
1.4 Problem Formulation
Referring to the background and the problem limitation above, the writer
formulates the following questions:
1. How is a set of English instructional speaking materials for the staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat designed?
1.5 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this study are:
1. To design a set of English instructional speaking materials for the Staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
2. To present a set of English instructional speaking materials for the Staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
1.5 Benefits of the Study
This research is expected to give valuable contribution to the people
below:
1. English Teacher or Instructors
It is hoped that the English teachers or English instructors can use the
instructional materials to teach in an English course for the staff of Culture and
Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The instructional speaking
materials can be used as a guidance or handbook in the teaching learning
activities.
2. The Staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat
The staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat
may use the designed materials to develop their speaking skill. They can use their
1.6 Definition of Terms
1. Design
A design is defined as “a developed plan to guide educational activity in a
situation" (Cyril O Houle, 1978: 230). The plan in this case is the design that will
be used in the classroom. It has something to do with the instruction given by the
teacher or instructor to the learners. In the educational field the teacher or the
instructor designing a lesson plan or a teaching material. In this study, design
means to make a set of English instructional speaking materials that can be
applied for teaching the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten
Kutai Barat.
2. Instructional Materials
The term instructional materials as stated by Dick & Reiser (1989: 3) are
forms of printed materials, computer-assisted instructions and televised
instructions.
In this study Instructional materials will be in a form of an English course
book for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
3. Speaking Skill
Widdowson (1978: 59) in his book states that “speaking is a kind of active
and productive interaction that makes use of the aural medium. Aural media mean
mouth, lips, tongue and other oral cavities. In speaking, a message is transferred
from the speaker to the hearer. The speaker produces the message and the hearer
In this study, speaking will be the major skill that used for the staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat to communicate with
foreign tourists. The communicative activities, for example role-play, will
encourage and give more opportunities for the learners to speak in English
4. The Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat
The Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat is a
section in Kutai Barat government in which the job as a media for the regency to
help people. The people in this case is doing the traveling for experiencing a
chance in their life by learning the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom,
and any other capabilities in a certain societies. In this study the society is
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
In this chapter, the writer would like to present the theories related to the
research and the theoretical framework of the research. The theoretical description
presents the main theories which are used as the references in this study. The
theoretical framework presents outline of the materials design of this study.
2.1 Theoretical Description
In this chapter, the writer would like to present some theories as the
guideline to conduct the study. To make it clear, this section is divided into five
main parts. They are models of Instructional Design, Speaking Skill,
Communicative Language Theories (CLT), and English for Specific Purposes
(ESP), and Designing English Instructional Speaking Materials for the Staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
2.1.1 Instructional Design
Dick and Reiser (1989: 3) states that “a formal definition of instructional
design is: a systematic process of designing, developing, implementing, and
evaluating instruction.” Soekamto (1993: 10) also states that in instructional
design and development, the writer refers to models which function as a guideline
in activities planning.
This study uses Kemp’s instructional design model. Kemp’s (1977: 8-9)
model presents a flexible process and there is interdependence among the eight
program, a designer does not need to start from part one, the designer can start
with whichever element they are ready to start with and then move back and forth
to the other steps.
Kemp (1977: 8-9) divides the instructional design plan into eight parts.
They are:
Step 1 : The first is considering goals, and then listing topics, stating the general
purposes for teaching each topic.
Step 2 : The second is enumerating the important characteristics of the students
for whom the instruction is to be designed.
Step 3 : The third is specifying the learning objectives to be achieved in terms of
measurable student behavioral outcomes.
Step 4 : The fourth is listing the subject contents that support each objectives.
Step 5 : The fifth is developing pre-assessment to determine the students’
background and present level of knowledge about the topic.
Step 6 : The sixth is selecting teaching/learning activities and instructional
resources that will treat the subject contents so the students will
accomplish the objectives.
Step 7 : The seventh is coordinating supportive services such as budget,
personnel, facilities, equipment, and schedules to carry out the
instructional plan.
Step 8 : The eight is evaluating the students’ learning in terms of their
accomplishment of objectives, with a view to revising and
Kemp (1977: 9) states that we can start from any point and go straightly to
anywhere. However, it is suggested to start on deciding the goal and finish on
evaluation. Kemp’s model focuses on the material, goal, function and selecting
references. Nevertheless, this model does not give a clear instruction on what
steps should be done in order to determine the learning task and to select the
materials to develop. Kemp ’s also states that the development activities should be
seen as a dynamic activity in which every step should relate directly with revision
and evaluation. The figure is presented below.
Figure 2.1: Kemp’s Instructional Design Model (Kemp, 1977: 9) Goals,
Topics, and General
Purposes Learner
characterist ics
Learning Objectives
Subject Content
Pre-Assessment Teaching/
Learning Actvities, Resources Support
Services
2.1.2Speaking Skill
This part will talk about the basic theory of speaking skill. The writer
would like to talk about the nature of speaking; the process of speaking; and some
techniques in teaching speaking.
2.1.2.1 The Nature of Speaking
Luoma (2004: 9) sees linguistically spoken language from two different
perspectives. First, speaking as interaction. Second, speaking as a social and
situation-based activity. All these perspectives see speaking as an integral part of
people’s daily life. Luoma (2004: 27) says that “speaking activity is not a matter
of conveying or transmitting vocabulary or grammar, but it is a meaningful
interaction between two people.” Learner’s should have more opportunities to
practice speaking English. The learner’s can practice in pairs or in groups. As the
result the learners don’t just memorize components (vocabulary/grammar) of the
language but more important they interact to each other.
2.1.2.2 Teaching Speaking
Nunan (1989: 32) says that There are two nature of speaking. First, the
bottom- up approach. The approach to speaking suggests that we start with the
smallest units of the language, i.e. individual sounds, and move through mastery
of words and sentences to discourse. Second, the top-down view, on the other
hand, suggests that we start with the larger chunks of language, which are
embedded in meaningful contexts, and use our knowledge of these context to
Nunan (2003: 56-58) also mentions some kind of techniques and tasks that
teacher or trainer can use in a classroom. Theye are:
1.) Information gap,
2.) Jigsaw activities,
3.) Role-plays,
4.) Simulations, and
5.) Contact assignments.
Nevertheless, teacher should be wise to manage their speaking class if
they use techniques such as role-play. It will be very risky if they cannot manage
the class well. The students can be very noisy when they start to talk to each other
without any guidance. The other problems that will appear that is the passive
students will be just silent if the teachers don’t supervise them.
According to Nunan (1989: 320) successful oral commnication involves:
1. The ability to articulate phonological features of the language
comprehensibility;
2. Mastery of stress, rhytm, intonation patterns;
3. An acceptable degree of fluency;
4. Transactional and interpersonal skills;
5. Skills in taking and short and long speaking turns;
6. Skills in the management of interaction;
7. Skills in negotiating meaning;
8. Conversational listening skills (successfull conversations requre good
9. Skills in knowing about and negotiating purposes for conversation;
10. Using appropriate conversational formulate and fillers.
2.1.3 Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
The writer introduces communicative approaches as the basis of this study
to design the teaching materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department
of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
Nunan (1989: 194-195) mentions that there are some major components to
be considered in developing communicative approach. They are:
2.1.3.1 Theory of the Language
Language is a system for the expression of meaning language primary
function is for interaction and communication.
2.1.3.2 Theory of Learning
Activities involve real communication; carrying out meaningful to the
learner promotes learning.
2.1.3.3 Types of Classroom Activities
The learning activity engaged learners in communication which involves
the process such as sharing, negotiation of moving and interaction.
2.1.3.4 Teacher’s and Learner’s Roles
Teacher-roles is the facilitator of communication process, participant of
the tasks and texts, needs analysis, counselor, and also manager of the learning
Learner-roles are treated as negotiator and interactor. They give as well as
take. The learners ha ve a lot of chance to speak and to listen when they do the
communicative activities in the classroom with their partners.
2.1.3.5 The Roles of Communicative Materials
Materials give an influence to the quality of classroom interaction and
language use. According to Richard and Rodger (1986: 79-80), there are three
kinds of communicative materials. They are:
a. Text-based materials
Text-based materials consist of theme, a task analysis (e.g. ordering and
presenting information), a practice situation description, a stimulus
presentation, comprehension questions, and paraphrase exercises.
b. Task-based materials
Task-based materials activities consist of a variety of games, role plays and
simulation in the form of exercise, handbooks, cue cards, activity cards,
practice materials, and student-interaction practice booklets.
c. Realia
Realia or authentic or “from life” material can support communicative
approach classes because the students can transfer their knowledge they got in
the class directly to the real world. The material include language-based
realia, such assigns, magazines, advertisements, newspaper, English radio,
newspaper, and visual sources such as maps, pictures, symbols, graphs and
The designed materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of
Kabupaten Kutai Barat will use role-plays and simulations (task-based materials)
as the communicative activities. Harmer (1991: 69) states that role-play and
simulation have become very popular in communicative language teaching
(CLT). Those kind of activities will give more opportunities for the learners to
interact with others. Freeman (2005: 129) states that role-play give more
opportunity to the learners to practice communicating in English in a variety of
social contexts and social roles. Harmer (1991: 352) also states that “simulation
and role-play can be used to encourage general oral fluency or to train students for
specific situations, especially where they are studying English for Specific
Purposes (ESP).”
2.1.4 English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Hutchinson and Waters (1987: 19) states that English for specific purposes
(ESP) is an approach to language teaching in which all the content and method are
based on the learner’s reason for learning. It has now become the most prominent
part of English language teaching because many people from various areas want
to learn English. People want to learn English, not for the pleasure or prestige of
knowing English, but because of the demands of their fields of work or study. It is
necessary to describe English for specific purpose (ESP) here since the designed
materials is for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat. The description of ESP will be divided into four important parts, those are:
speaking materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten
Kutai Barat.
2.1.4.1Needs Analysis
Hutchins and Waters (1987: 53) states that "what distinguishes ESP from
general English is not existence of a need as such but rather an awareness of the
need”. Therefore, needs analysis is the basis of an ESP program. It is conducted in
order to know the basic needs of the learners in learning English. There are two
kinds of needs here. Those are:
1. Target Needs
Hutchins and Waters (1987: 54-56) states that “target needs are
what the learners need to do in the target situation. ” Target needs consist
of necessities, lacks and wants.
a.) Necessities
Necessities are the type of need determined by the demands of the
target situation and what to be known in order to function effectively
in the target situation.
b.) Lacks
Lacks are the gap between the learners’ target proficiency and the ir
existing or present proficiency.
b.) Wants
Wants are personal, subjective images of needs on the basis of data
Here the writer shows an example of learners’ necessities, lacks,
and wants of the agricultural and veterinary students. The data presented in
the table below.
Table 2.1: Necessities, Lacks, and Wants (Hutchins and Waters, 1987: 58)
OBJECTIVE (i.e. as perceived
by course designers)
SUBJECTIVE (i.e. as
perceived by learners)
NECESSITIES The English needed for success
in Agricultural or Veterinary
Studies
To reluctantly cope with a
‘second-best’ situation
LACKS (Presumably) areas of English
needed for Agricultural or
Veterinary Studies
Means of doing Medical
Studies
WANTS To succeed in Agricultural or
Veterinary Studies
To undertake Medical Studies
“The analysis of target situation needs is in essence a matter of
asking questions about the various participants in the learning process”
(Hutchins and Waters, 1987: 59). They propose the target situation
analysis framework which contains question that the course designer needs
to gather information from an analysis of target needs. The questions deal
with: the reasons why the language is needed, how the language will be
used, the content areas of the language usage, with whom the learners
use the language, where and when the language will be used.
2. Learning Needs
According to Hutchins and Waters (1987: 60-63), “learning needs
learning needs, the course designer should pay attention to learning needs,
potential and constraints. They also propose a framework for analysis of
learning needs. The framework consists of questions deal with the reasons
why the learners are taking the course, how the learners learn the
language, what resources are available, who the learners are, where and
when the ESP course will take place. Quite simple, needs analysis plays an
important role in ESP, because all the decisions in ESP should be based on
the learners’ needs.
2.1.4.2Syllabus
According to Richards and Rodgers (1986: 157), the content of a language
teaching involves both subject matters or “what to talk about” and linguistic
matter or “how to talk about it”. The content of language teaching syllabus could
range from the grammatical and lexical forms of a target language.
Robinson (1991: 34) defines a syllabus as a plan of work used by a teacher
as a guideline for teaching content. A syllabus also gives the teacher the idea of
what the course will be and to what direction it should be brought and done.
Robinson (1991: 34-41) mentions three kinds of syllabus, namely Content-based
syllabus, Skill-based syllabus, and Method-based syllabus.
The Content-based syllabus has a purpose to teach some contents using
the language that the learners are also learning. It consists of:
(a.) Structural syllabus which consists of an ordered set of language items graded
(b.) Notional/functional syllabus in which the content of language teaching is a
collection of the function that is preformed when language is used.
(c.) Situational syllabus is a syllabus in which situation becomes the basis of
activity.
(d.) Topic/informational syllabus is a syllabus which consists of topic relevant to
the learners or to the learners’ content of work.
In this study the writer applied the functional syllabus. Yalden (1987:
114-115) states that functional syllabus as a communicative syllabus and often used in
occupational and vocational ESL (English as a Second Language). The writer also
considered the syllabus matched with the instructional speaking materials because
the content of language teaching in the designed materials is collection of
functions (functional) as those are performed when language is used by the staff
of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat in the situation
during the tourism activities in the tourism places or traditional ceremonies in
Kutai Barat.
2.1.4.3 Materials Design
Hutchins and Waters (1987: 108-109) states that materials should provide
stimulus and good materials to encourage learne rs to learn. They also suggests
that good materials should contain interesting texts, enjoyable activities which
engage the learners’ thinking capacities, opportunities for learners to use their
existing knowledge and skill, and content which both learner and teacher can cope
The model consists of four elements, namely input, content fokus, la nguage focus,
and task.
1. Input
Input may be a text, video-recording, diagram or any piece of
communication data. Input shold provide stimulus material for
activities, new league item, correct models of language, a topic for
communication, oportunities for learners to use their information
processing skills, oportunities for learners to use their existing
knowledge both of the language and the subject matter.
2. Content Focus
Language is a means of conveying information and feelings about
something. Moreover, non- linguistics content shall be exploited to the
generate meaningful communication in the classroom.
3. Language Focus
The aims of language focus are to enable the learners to use language
and the learners have to change to take the language to pieces, study
how it works and practice putting it back togeteher again.However,
communicative tasks and activities for the learners shall be adjusted
with the learners’ language knowledge.
4. Task
Through communicative task, learners are expected to use the content
and language knowledge they have built up through the unit. The
These four elements combinate in the model as follows:
Figure 2.3: Hutchinson and Waters ’ M aterials Design Model (1987: 109)
2.1.5 Designing English Instructional Speaking Materials for the Staff of
Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat
After ESP program discussed in general, the writer attempted to present the
English instructional speaking materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism
Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat related to the study. In connection with
ESP, English for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat is classified as English for Occupational Purposes (EOP).
The instructional materials design is focused on speaking skill. The
materials topics are selected after consideration of the learner’s needs. The
learners will be given English speaking activities in the situation in which it is
designed as similar as the real situation in their field s of work (occupation). It is
hoped that at the end of the course the staff would be able to speak in English
fluently and appropriately.
INPUT
TASK
2.2 Theoretical Framework
In the theoretical framework, the writer will discuss the steps to design the
materials. There will be five steps taken from Kemp’s model. They are:
a.) Learners Characteristics
The writer tries to find the learner’s needs, difficulties, motivations and
interests in learning English language. The writer identified entry behaviors
and characteristics of the learners. The writer should collect information by
distributing the questionnaires to the learners and doing some interviews.
Since this research concern to English for the staff of Culture and Tourism
Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat the area of the materials will be
restricted to the area relevant to their fields of work (occupation).
b.) Considering Goals, Listing Topics, and Stating General Purposes
Communicative goals are developed as part of curric ulum for the
learners. All of the topics will be based on the situation of the working field
(occupation) of the learners. The general purposes will lead the learners to
know and to understand how to use English fluently and appropriately.
c.) Specifying the Learning Objectives to be Achieved.
The writer is going to formulate objectives based on the goals and the
data from the needs survey. The learning objectives are formulated to measure
the learners’ achievement (behavioral outcomes).
d.) Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional Resources
This step is preparation of instructional materials, handbooks, and
analysis. The communicative activities such as role play and simulation will
be the major tasks for the learners. Those activities can be used to give the
learners opportunities to participate in speaking activities.
e.) Evaluating and Revising the Designed Materials
The aim of this step is to evaluate and to revise the designed materials
into the final version after conducting the post-design survey. Since the writer
did not implement the designed materials, the evaluation was gained from
some expert participants’ (English lecturers, teacher, and instructor)
comments, opinions, suggestions and criticisms (feedback). The feedback that
is given by the expert participants’ will be used to improve the quality of the
designed materials.
The framework cycle in this study will be described in figure 2.3 in the
Figure 2.3: Kemp’s Model Considering the Goals and Listing the Topics, Stating the
General Purposes
Specifying the Learning Objectives
Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional
Resources
Evaluating and Revising the Designed Materials
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
In this chapter the writer would like to make the methodology more clearly
for the reader. The set of English instructional speaking materials here are
designed based on the results of needs survey.
This chapter discusses the research methods, research participants,
research instruments, data gathering techniques, data analysis techniques, and
research procedures.
3.1 Research Methods
This study aimed to find out a set of English instructional speaking
materials for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
Barat and to present a set ofEnglish instructional speaking materials.
This study used the strategy of educational research and revelopment
(R&D). Borg and Gall (1983: 72) stated that “educational research and
development (R&D) is a process used to develop and validate educational
products”. The steps of this process are usually referred to the R&D cycle. The
cycle will be repeated until the educational products finally reach the objectives.
Educational products in this study is in the form of instructional speaking
materials (course handbook) for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of
There are ten major steps in the R&D cycle. The writer only adopt five
steps of the R&D cycle for the materials design ( Borg and Gall, 1983: 775-776).
They are:
1. Research and information collecting—Includes review of literature, classroom
observations, and preparation of report of state of the art.
2. Planning—includes defining skills, stating objectives, determining course
sequence, and small scale feasibility testing.
3. Develop preliminary form of product—Includes preparation of instructional
materials, handbooks and evaluation devices.
4. Preliminary field testing—conducted in from 1 to 3 schools, using 6 to 12
subjects. Interview, observational and questionnaire data collected and
analyzed.
5. Main product revision—Revision of product as suggested by the preliminary
field-tests results.
The five steps are divided into two parts, namely pre-design survey and
post-design survey. These two kinds of survey will be discussed as follows:
1.) Pre-design Survey
Research and information collecting; planning; and developing
preliminary form of product is included in pre design survey. The first study
was used in conducting needs analysis in order to get data about the students’
interests, necessities, wants and lacks in learning English. The survey was
2.) Post-design Survey
Preliminary field testing and main product revision is included in
post-design survey. This survey was conducted to gather data from the appropriate
and qualified participants to get opinion and feedback on the designed
materials. The survey was conducted by distributing and gathering
questionnaires.
3.2 Research Participants
The writer used purposive sampling techniques to choose the participants
of the needs survey (post-design survey). Leedy and Ormrod (2005: 206) stated
that “in purposive sampling techniques people or other units are chosen, as the
name implies, for a particular purpose.”
There were two groups of participants of this study. The first group was
chosen to contribute the data fo r needs analysis (pre-design survey). They were
staff and chief officer of Promotion, Data Documentation, and Market Analysis
division of Culture and Tourism Department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Total
number of the staff were a hundred and fifty eight (158). Including thirty eight
(38) government officers and a hundred and twenty (120) honorary officers. Total
participants of the needs analysis were 20. The writer only got 17 questionnaires
back because one of the participants did not come to office at the day the writer
took back the questionnaires, two of the participants left the questionnaire in their
The second participants were two English lecturers in English Language
Education Study Program, one English teacher in SMA Gama Yogyakarta, and
one English instructor in Language Institution of Sanata Dharma University
(Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma).The participants contributed the
data for materials evaluation (post-design survey). It was done to test the validity
and the effectiveness of the designed materials. They were also asked to give
opinions, suggestio ns, criticisms and comments as the feedback during the
process of materials design.
3.3 Research Instruments
There were two kinds of instruments used in this research. They were
interviews and questionnaires.
3.3.1 Interviews
Interview is an oral questionaire which is the subject or the interviewee
gives the need information verbally in a face to face relationship (Best, 1983:
164).
The writer collected data interview from Mr. Supratman S.Pd., MM., the
chief officer of Promotion, Data Documentation, and Market Analysis division of
Culture and Tourism Department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The interview was
held on monday, january 12th, 2009 in the the Culture and Tourism Department
office. The interview will be the data sources for needs analysis (pre-design
3.3.2 Questionnaires
Elliot (1991: 82) stated that “a questionnaire is a list of questions asking
about people’s opinion.” There were two kinds of questionnaire, first is closed
form and second is open form. The closed form questionnaire provide for marking
a yes or no, a short response, or checking an item from a list of suggested
responses. The open form questionnaire gave a chance to the participants for
giving their free response to the questions (Best, 1983: 168-169). The writer in
this study distributed two kinds of questionnaires, they were questionnaires for
needs analysis (pre-design survey) and questionnaires for materials evaluation
(post-design survey).
3.3.2.1 Questionnaire for Needs Analysis (Pre-design Survey)
The writer distributed the questionnaire to the staff of the Culture and
Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat on January, 2009. The questions
for pre-design questionnaire were written in Indonesian language to avoid
misunderstanding. The type of questionnaire is the closed form.
3.3.2.1 Questionnaire for Materials Evaluation (Post-design Survey)
The writer distributed the questionnaire to two English lecturers in English
Language Education Study Program, one English teacher in SMA Gama
Yogyakarta, and one English instructor in Language Institution of Sanata Dharma
University (Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma). The post-design survey
questionnaires were distributed in order to obtain the opinions, comments, and
teacher and instructor is gained to revise the designed materials. The type of
questionnaire is the combination of both open- and closed- form.
3.4 Data Gathering Techniques
The data were gathered in two ways. The first way was that the writer
studied the relevant theories which would support the problems in a research and
while creating the designed materials.
The second way was distributing questionnaires and conducting the
interview. From the questionnaire and cond ucting the interview the writer could
have the data for needs analysis and the materials evaluation from the English
lecturers, teacher and instructor.
3.5 Data Analysis Techniques
“The data in qualitative research may be derived from direct observations
of an individual’s behavior, from interviews, from written opinion, or public
documents” (Sprinthall et al, 1991:100). In this study the writer used qualitative
data analysis to describe the result of the interview. The data of the interview will
be used as the basis data for the needs analysis (pre-design). The writer also
distributes questionnaire to the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of
Kabupaten Kutai Barat. The result analysis of the questionnaire will also be the
basis data for the needs analysis (pre-design). The formula to count the percentage
of the pre-design questionnaire:
Notes: N = The percentage of expected opinion from the learners
X = Number of learners who choose a certain answer.
n = The total number of learners.
Sort of the data were also taken from the questionnaires. It used to verify the
suggestive materials (post-design) presented by the writer. The writer used the Likert
scaling technique suggested by John W. Best (1983: 181-182). The model used 5
criteria on the point of agreements. They are:
1 = Absolutely Disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Doubt
4 = Agree
5 = Absolutely Agree
In this study, the writer used descriptive statistical method to find out the
validation of the data. Central tendency is regarded as the proper way of
concluding the data because it represents the whole set of measurement. The
measurement of central tendency or averages is known as the mean, median, and
mode (Sprinthal et al, 1991: 114-115).
Mean is the average point that is counted by adding all the points and
divided them by the number of questions. Median is the middle point of the odd
ordered data from the smallest point into the biggest ones or the average to the
middle points from the even ordered data. The mode is the points that frequently
The formula for getting the central tendency is:
∑
x
X
=
N
Notes:
X =
mean
∑
= the sum
x
= each values in the distribution
N
= number of casesThe total mean from all the participants was used to show whether the
materials designed were good enough. It is acceptable or not. The assessment of
the mean was classified as follows:
1-2 : the designed materials were not appropriate and not
acceptable
2.1-3 : the designed materials needed revisions
3.1-5 : the designed materials were appropriate and acceptable
3.6 Research Procedures
There were six procedural steps in finishing this study. The first was the
writer studying related theories to support the designed materials. Some books
about Instructional Designs, Educational Research and Development (R&D),
Specific Purposes (ESP) were studied to create instructional speaking materials
for the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
The second step was to get the data for needs analysis by giving
questionnaire to the staff and conducting the interview with the chief officer of
Promotion, Data Documentation, and Market Analysis division of Culture and
Tourism Department in Kabupaten Kutai Barat.
The third step was determining goals, listing topics, stating general Purposes
and specifying objectives. Communicative goals are developed as part of
curriculum for the learners. The topics will be based on learners’ situations and
needs of the occupation. The general purposes will lead the learners to know and
to understand how to use English fluently and appropriately. The learning
objectives are formulated to measure the learners’ achievement (behavioral
outcomes).
The fourth step was designing a set of English instructional speaking
materials. The designed will involve communicative syllabus and activities. The
writer chose functional syllabus for the communicative activities. The
communicative activities will let the learners to work in pairs or in groups.
The fifth step was giving questionnaire to two English lecturers in English
Language Education Study Program, one English teacher in SMA Gama
Yogyakarta, and one English instructor in Language Institution of Sanata Dharma
University (Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma). The purpose was to
opinions, criticisms and suggestions (feedback) to improve the quality, to check
the validity and the effectiveness of the designed materials.
The last step was revising the designed materials based on the feedback of
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CHAPTER IV
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter gives answers to the questions formulated in Chapter I and an
analysis of the research. It consists of two main parts: the first part is to describe
the steps or processes taken in designing the instructional speaking materials
(Pre-design survey) and the second part is to present the (Pre-designed materials
(Post-design survey).
4.1 The Steps of the Materials Design
This part described processes of conducting this study. The writer took and
adapted some steps from Kemp’s model and Educational Research and
Development (R&D) cycle to design the materials. The steps of the model
conducted in this study consisted of five steps. They were (1) Learners
Characteristics; (2) Considering Goals, Listing Topics, and Stating General
Purposes; (3) Specifying Learning Objectives; (4) Selecting Teaching Learning
Activities and Instructional Resources; and (5) Evaluating and Revising the
Designed Materials.
4.1.1 Learners Characteristics
The learner’s characteristics were very important to be considered for the
writer to design instructional materials. Therefore, the writer needed to know the
learner’s needs. The writer conducted the survey to asses the learner’s
distributing and gathering questionnaires to the staff of Culture and Tourism
Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. There was important information from the
chief officer of Promotion, Data Documentation, and Market Analysis division
about the learners’ needs on learning English. These learners’ needs were used as
a basis to determine the goal of learning English.
4.1.1.1 Description of the Participants
The first participant of the survey research for the target learning needs
was the staff of Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Total
numbers of the staff chosen were seventeen (17), and they were described in the
following table:
Table 4.1: Description of the Participants of the Needs Survey
Gender Educational Background Total
M F SMA/SMK/SMEA D3 S1
8 9 12 3 2 17
The second participant was the chief officer of Promotion, Data
Documentation, and Market Analysis division of Culture and Tourism
Department, Mr. Supratman S.Pd., MM.
4.1.1.2 Data Presentation and Analysis
The writer conducted needs survey as the first step in designing the
instructional materials. This step aimed to know what the learners actually need in
questionnaire. Here is the detailed description of the results of the learning needs
survey.
Table 4.2: The Data Presentation of Needs Analysis
No. Questions Responses Number Percentage (%)
1. The level of my ability on Learning English:
a. Pre Elementary b. Elementary (mastering
basic vocabularies) c. Pre intermediate (able to
follow and to response a conversation) d. Intermediate (fluent)
2 9 6 0 12 53 35 0 2. English media that I
often use:
a. Oral media: direct communication, telephone b. Written media: letter,
e-mail, written text c. Etc... 12 4 1 71 24 6 3. Now, probably in the
future, I will interact with:
a. English native speaker b. Non-native English
speaker c. Etc... 9 8 0 53 47 0
4. I will use English on: a. Informal meeting b. Formal meeting, such as
presentation c. Etc... 15 2 0 88 12 0 5. For the development of
my carrier and the productivity of my department, I absolutely need English: a. Yes b. No 16 1 94 6
6. If the answer is yes, what kind of efforts that you already done to increase your English ability:
a. Independent study b. Attending courses
c. Etc… 12 5 0 71 29 0
7. Another motivation for me to learn English:
a. To continue my study b. To communicate with
colleague/visitor c. To get an easy access
of information which is related to the job
8. In your opinion, what kind of English skills do you need to master:
a. Speaking b. Listening c. Reading d. Writing 16 1 0 0 94 6 0 0 9. What kind of topics do
you want to learn in English?(You can choose more than one).
a. Greeting b. Introducing Yourself
c. Offering Help d. Describing People e. Describing Things f. Thanking People g. Showing direction h. Etc (Mention) ...
12 12 10 5 7 6 11 0 76 76 58 29 41 35 58 0
The questionnaire was distributed to 20 from 158 staff in the Culture and
Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat. Total participant s of the needs
analysis was twenty (20). The writer only get 17 questionnaires back because one
of the participants did not come to office at the day the writer took back the
questionnaires, two of the participants left the questionnaire in the house. The
results of the questionnaires explain some major points which are needed as the
basis for designing the materials.
The writer found that 9 participants (53%) were in the elementary level.
The staff only knew some basic English vocabularies. The results showed that six
(35%) participants were in the advanced level. Total participants in the
pre-elementary level were only 2 (12%).
The writer asked what English media that the staff used in the office. The
results showed that 12 participants (71%) often used oral media, such as direct
communication and telephone. There were only 4 participants (24%) used written
The writer also asked with whom probably that the participants would use
English to communicate. The results of the questionnaire showed that 9
participants (53%) would use English to English native speaker and 8 participants
(47%) would use English with the non- native English speaker.
The next question was to know when the participants would use English.
The results showed that 15 participants (88%) would use English in the informal
meeting, such as conversation with the foreign tourist who is traveling around the
tourism places. English in formal meeting, suc h as presentation is only used by 2
participants (12%).
The survey data showed that 16 participants (94%) thought that English
training or courses, indeed, would be very useful for the development of their
career.
The writer asked to the participants about their effort to increase their
English skill. The results showed 12 participants (71%) done an independent
study and only 5 participants (29%) attended English course.
The next question asked by the writer what the motivation of the
participant s to learn English. The survey data showed that 8 participants (47%)
answered that mastering English will give them an easy access of getting
information which is related to their job and 7 participants (41%) used English to
communicate with colleague or foreign tourists. The results showed that only 2
participants 12% thought that mastering English were important to continue their
The writer asked the opinion of the participants about what kind of English
skills they needed to master. The survey data showed 16 participants (94%)
agreed that speaking skill was the most urgent skill to master. The data showed
that only 1 participant (6%) chose listening as the skill that they needed to master.
The high percentage showed the big number of participants who were
interested in certain topic. Based on that, the writer selected the top five topics for
designed materials: Showing direction was 58%, greeting was 76%, introducing
yourself was 76%, showing direction 58%, and offering help was 58%.
The other sources for needs analysis were the interview with Mr.
Supratman S.Pd., MM., the chief officer of Promotion, Data Documentation, and
Market Analysis division of Culture and Tourism Department. According to Mr.
Supratman, S.Pd., MM., the staff of culture and tourism department needed to
master English language to support the development of their fields of work. The
skill that the staff really needed to master was speaking. In fact, this department
did not have any kind of English training or courses for their staff. He really
hoped there would be an English course for the staff. The reason was in 2009 the
department would have a project which will involve English language as part of
their tourism promotion. The increasing amount of the foreign tourists became
one of the reasons why Culture and Tourism Department of Kabupaten Kutai
4.1.2 Considering Goals, Listing Topics, and Stating General Purposes
The goals of this materials design were derived from the result of the
needs analysis. In this study, the goals are stated as the standard competencies.
Therefore, the goals of teaching English for the staff of Culture and Tourism
Department of Kabupaten Kutai Barat could be determined as follows:
1. The learners are able to speak in English fluently with the foreign tourists.
2. The learners are able to use appropriate tourism expressions in English so they
can assist the foreign tourists.
There were eight topics in the designed materials and each topic was
developed into one unit. Each topic related to their fields of works (occupation).
The topics/units in the designed materials are followed:
1. Greeting and Introducing
2. Offering Help
3. Showing Time
4. Telephoning
5. Describing Places
6. Describing Events
7. Showing Directions
8. Telling History
The writer also determines the general purposes for each topic. In this
study, the general purposes are stated as the basic competencies which are given
Table 4.3: Basic Competencies of the Designe d Materials
No. Topics Basic Competencies
1. Greeting and Introducing § The learners understand how to greet
foreign tourists.
§ The learners understand how to introduce
their selves and others to foreign tourists.
2. Offering Help § The learners understand how to offer and to
response help to the foreign tourists.
3. Showing Time § The learners understand how to tell time in
English appropriately.
§ The learners understand how to tell date in
English appropriately.
4. Telephoning § The learners understand how to make a
phone call and answer a phone call.
§ The learners know how to make a memo based on the phone call.
5. Describing Places § The learners know the appropriate
expression to describe tourism places.
6. Describing Events § The learners know the appropriate expression to describe an event, for example
a traditional ceremony.
7. Showing Directions § The learners know how to respond the
expressions about asking directions.
§ The learners know how to show directions to tourism places.
8. Telling History § The learners know how to ask information
about ancient history.
4.1.3 Specifying the Learning Objectives
The writer stated the objectives after determining the goals. The writer
formulated the objectives based on the goals. In this study, the specific learning
objectives were stated as the indicators. The complete formulation of the
objectives could be shown below:
Table 4.4: Indicators of the Designe d Materials
No. Topics Indicators
1. Greeting and Introducing § The learners are able to greet foreign
tourists greeting.
§ The learners are able to introduce their selves and others to foreign tourists.
2. Offering Help § The learners are able to offer and to
response help to the foreign tourists.
3. Showing Time § The learners are able to mention time in
English appropriately.
§ The learners are able to mention date in
English appropriately.
4. Telephoning § The learners are able to make a phone call
and answer a phone call.
§ The learners are able to write a memo based on the phone call.
5. Describing Places § The learners are able to use the appropriate
expression to describe tourism places.
6. Describing Events § The learners are able to use the appropriate
expression to describe an event, for example a traditional ceremony.
§ The learners are able to show directions to tourism places
8. Telling History § The learners are able to ask information
about ancient history.
§ The learners are able to give information
about ancient history.
4.1.4 Selecting Teaching Learning Activities and Instructional Resources
The writer started designing the materials after choosing the appropriate
syllabus, it was functional syllabus. Since, the teaching approach used in this
study was communicative language teaching, the materials were taken from some
text books, task-based activities and realia which were related to the target
learner’s fields of works. The activities will be based on the communicative
activities, such as: information gap, role-plays and simulations. The activities will
be divided into four main parts, those are:
A. Input
This part included some dialogue or conversation models, used as stimulus
materials for the activities.
B. Content Focus
This part was divided into two parts:
v Vocabulary List
This sub-part discussed some important vocabularies which are found in