DEVELOPING ENGLISH LEARNING MATERIARS FOR GRADE XI STUDENTS OF FISHERY STUDY PROGRAM

This study aims (1) to describe the target needs of grade XI students of Fishery Study Program, (2) to describe the learning needs of grade XI students of Fishery Study Program, and (3) to develop English learning materials for grade XI students of Fishery Study Program. This research belongs to Research and Development (R&D). The subjects of the research were grade XI students of Fishery Study Program at SMKN 1 Bawang, Banjarnegara. The research procedure was adapted from the research procedure proposed by Borg and Gall (1983) and materials development procedure from Jolly and Bolitho in Tomlinson (1998). The steps of this research are conducting the needs analysis, developing a course grid, designing materials, expert judgment, and writing the final draft. There were two questionnaires used to collect the data. The first questionnaire was used to collect data in need analysis while the second questionnaire was used to collect the data about the appropriateness of the materials in the expert judgment. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Based on the target needs and learning needs, three units were developed in this study. Each unit consists of introduction, lesson proper (spoken and written cycle), reinforcement, and unique facts tasks ranging from 24 to 28 tasks. The inputs are spoken and written texts, vocabulary lists, and grammar explanation. The activities include answering questions, completing texts, arranging jumbled words and sentences, writing texts, and role plays. Most of activities are done in pairs. Based on the expert judgment data, the mean value of all aspects of the developed materials is 3.91. Therefore the developed materials are categorized ―Very Good