DEVELOPING A MODEL OF ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE (ESP) APPROACH FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SI) STUDENTS OF STMIK PALANGKA RAYA: Miftahul Rahmah, Wahjuningsih Usadiati, Elanneri Karani

ABSTRACTThe lecturers of STMIK Palangka Raya were given the autonomy in developing the curriculum andsyllabus of English subject so they must use English instructional material that related with the developedcurriculum and syllabus. So that, the writer was interested in developing English instructional material andconsidering English for specific purpose as the approach in developing the material. The topics of thedeveloped English instructional materials were about computer and technology. The subject of this R &Dstudy was the Information System (SI) students of STMIK Palangka Raya. The research accomplishedthrough the procedures of need analysis, first draft material development, expert validation, materialsrevision, material try out and final draft of material revision. The instrument used in this study consisted ofobservation, questionnaire and guided interview for the students, lecturers and also the expert validation.The data obtained were analyzed and described qualitatively. The result of the need analysis showed thatthe students were in the need of English Instructional Materials which were relevant to their major contentcourse and their level of English proficiency. Related to this condition, the materials taken from someEnglish for computer user books and some related websites. The data of try out showed that theeffectiveness of the developed material in teaching learning process during try out, the observation andinterview reflected that the students were very interested about the latest English Instructional Materialsand they got involve actively in teaching learning process.Keywords: developing instructional material, English for specific purpose, English for computer use