DEVELOPING ENGLISH SPEAKING MATERIALS FOR XTH GRADE OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION DEPARTMENT IN SMK PI AMBARUKMO 1 SLEMAN

The objectives of this study are: (1) to find the target and learning needs of Xth grade students of hotel accommodation department at SMKPI 1 Ambarukmo Sleman, Yogyakarta, and (2) to develop appropriate English speaking materials for Xth grade students of hotel accommodation department at SMK PI Ambarukmo 1 Sleman, Yogyakarta. The type of this study is Research and Development (R&D). The subjects of the research were X grade students of hotel accommodation department at SMK PI Ambarukmo 1 Sleman, Yogyakarta, class X AP 1 and X AP 2. The instruments used in this research were the needs analysis questionnaire and expert evaluation questionnaire. The steps of the research were conducting the needs analysis, writing the course grid, developing the first draft of materials, consulting the first draft of materials to the experts, and revising and developing the final draft of materials. The data from the needs analysis were analyzed quantitatively using frequency and percentage and the data obtained from the materials evaluation were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The researcher found that, based on the needs analysis result, the target needs and learning needs of the students in speaking are : (1) the students needed English related to their future job, (2) the students lacked vocabularies and pronunciation, (3) the students wanted to have adult narrator as the listening input of speaking (4) the students wanted to have a dialog as an input of speaking with the length 2-3 minutes that contains around 150-200 word, (5) the students wanted to have games and information gap activities, (6) the students expected to match and translate the English words/phrases to Indonesian word/phrases, (7) the students expected to identify and correct some errors in a utterance/dialog as the grammar activities, (8) the students like to have speaking activities in class, (9) the students expected that the teacher motivated them in doing speaking activity, and (10) the students preferred to actively participate in every given activity. Considering the needs, this study developed three units which consist of introduction, main lesson, and reinforcement in each unit. Based on the experts’ judgment result, the mean score of all aspects from those three units was 3.56, categorized as”Very Good”. This suggests that the developed materials are appropriate to be used for Xth grade of Hotel Accommodation Program at SMK PI Ambarukmo 1 Sleman