Developing the English Speaking Material for Basic of Cruise Ship Crew of Students at Bangkalan Education Center

Abstract

The primary goal of this research is to guide students to be able to communicate in English through the appropriate materials for basic of cruise ship crew. Teaching and learning of English at this subject was considered unable to achieve its objective. The main problem was that there were not instructional materials to support the teaching learning process. The procedures being employed in this study were R&D. Collecting information, developing instructional material, conducting expert validation, revising the materials, trying out the materials and revising the materials (adapted from Borg and Gall, 1989). To collect relevant information for a basis of developing materials, the interview with the teacher and students, and classroom observation were carried out to complete the information provided in the instructional materials. To conduct expert validation, questionnaires were given to the expert of material development. The students were give questionnaires whereas the teacher was not only given the questionnaires but also interviewed in this research. In connection with the problem above, the most significant problem that should be handled is the unavailability of the materials. Based on the problem, the appropriate solution is providing instructional materials. Since the students are expected to be able to use English as a means of communication orally, the materials for supporting the speaking skill of students at Bangkalan Education Centre are very limited; therefore, the objective of the development is to produce appropriate speaking materials. The instructional materials are hoped to enrich the learning sources and expected to facilitated and maximize the learning process of the speaking. Based on the try-out, the data showed the applicability of the materials developed in motivating the students to learn English. It was reflected in the data collected from the questionnaires and classroom observation. The data collected from observation showed that the students were actively involved in teaching and learning during try-out. One of reasons was that the topics being discussed were interesting and related to the real-life situation. Besides that, the tasks the students have to do could activate their knowledge of the topics and their language skills. The difficulty level of language used in the materials was appropriate of them. x The final product of the development is student’s book. The student’s book is the speaking materials for basic of cruise ship crew which contains ten units and designed in the form of sets of units; the materials are developed in systematic format, that is I) Basic knowledge of cruise ship 2) Dialogue & Expression, 3) Conversation practice (Role Play) 4) Tasks. The materials are developed on the basis of the language functions involving basic competences of the speaking skill. The suggestion for the textbook usage are; (1) for teachers, it is suggested that the teachers be more innovative in using materials especially in giving variations to the students’ activities. (2) for students and teacher in comprehending the content are more focused in speaking materials.