scholarly journals Need Analysis of English For Math Instructional Material

Author(s):  
Sitti Nurpahmi ◽  
Kamsinah Kamsinah ◽  
Nurfajri Ningsih
Author(s):  
Kurniasih Kurniasih ◽  
Henny Rahmawati

<p>This study aims at developing writing materials based on Eclectic Approach for Indonesian EFL learners. The material is mainly developed and used for teaching essay writing for the third-semester students in the English Department, University of Islam Malang. It is also expected that the materials lower their anxiety as the findings of the preliminary study. This R and D research adapted development model proposed by Borg and Gall with the following procedures: need analysis, developing writing materials, expert validation, revision I, try out, revision II, and final product.  The final product of this research is an instructional material for Writing III course which was developed by considering students' needs, levels, suggestions, and feedback from experts. It also made used of the principles of Eclectic approach to lower their anxiety in writing essay, such as providing much exposure toward the target language with less pressure, integrating the good sides of various teaching techniques, using real-life situation to make learning more comprehensible, considering the students' needs, teaching and introducing contextual grammar and vocabulary, and integrating all language skills.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 570
Author(s):  
Stephani Diah Pamelasari ◽  
Melor Md Yunus ◽  
Fidia Fibriana ◽  
Andin Vita Amalia

One of the challenges of teaching English for Science students in Indonesia is the training to comprehend science content in English. They need to have the skill to improve their science development knowledge by exploring it through latest information from scientific journals and text books. In fact, most of the students have limited English proficiency that results in the limited variety source of their literature references. Their pre-test result was not satisfactory by only reaching the average of 67. To overcome the problem, the workbook that integrated English skill and science content was developed to support the learning process. The design of research was Research and Development consisting of conducting need analysis, designing product, expert validation, revising product, trial in small scale level, and using the product in the learning process. The instrument to gather the data was the validation sheet for the expert containing indicators of valid criteria of workbook from the aspect of the material, language and media, the students' response questionnaire related to the use of workbook and science content in English test. The data were analyzed descriptively based on the data obtained from the research. The validation from the experts of language, material and media to produce a valid and feasible product showed that the workbook was feasible to be used as instructional material. The result showed that the expert of material, language and media gave the score of respectively 100, 92 and 92. The workbook also proved to be effective to improve the students' mastery of science content in English material with the average of 80. The workbook entitled Science plus English was designed to revise the previous instructional material and it has never been developed as instructional material. The novelty is the integration of English skill lesson and science content.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Audi Yundayani ◽  
Emzir Emzir ◽  
Zainal Rafli

The required instructional material should be designed based on students needs. This study is intended toidentify 1) material design and organization, 2) language content, and 3) method and techniqueof the writing skill instructional material context for academic purposes which appropriate with studentscharacteristics and their situationrelated to the need of writing skills for academic purposes at non-English education study programs of STKIP Kusuma Negara Jakarta. The descriptive survey was used in identifying its material context through questionnaire, semi-structured interview and non-participant observation. The respondents were non-English education study programs students duringthe fifth semester in academicyear of 2016-2017.The result showed that 1) It is required to have clear and easily understandable writing instructional material for academic purposes; 2) The required language content is related to a)rhetorical-functional (descriptive, narrative, classifying and identifying); b) academic genres, in the forms of essay and report; c)writing process; d) summarizing; e) paraphrasing; 3) The method and techniques which are applied to instructional material must empower thestudents to practice a lot through communicative and applicative activities. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that need analysis should be the starting point in designing the instructional material, due to it is a process to determine students needs according to their wants, lacks, and necessities.Keywords: need analysis, writing for academic purposes, instructional material context


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Kamariah ◽  
Djamiah Husain ◽  
Haryanto Atmowardoyo ◽  
Kisman Salija

The overall aim of this study is to develop an authentic-based instructional material for writing skill. Therefore, the research applied Research and Development design and used ADDIE model which consists of five stages namely Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. A Questionnaire was given to the third-semester students in Education Department of UIN Alauddin Makassar as the instrument to find out the students’ need analysis. After designing the product, the material was validated by two experts and then implemented to the students. The implementation process of the authentic-based instructional materials was done twice in a small number of students consisted 10 students as the first try out and in a large number of students consisted of 30 students as the second try out. Then, evaluation of the materials was given by the experts, the lecturers, and the students. Data were analyzed using percentages and charts. In addition, the analysis of the data shows that most students, lecturers, and the experts gave positive responses towards the developed materials. The material was revised three times by considering the comments and suggestions by the experts, lecturers, and the students. The model of the developed materials consisted of some aspects namely goal, topic, activities, approach, media, genres, content, and testing strategy. Moreover, the learning process consisted of four parts namely discussion, pre-writing, writing, and post-writing.


Author(s):  
Rani Darojah ◽  
Retno Winarni ◽  
Tri Murwaningsh

The objective of this study was to obtain an innovative instructional material based on local culture of Perdikan Cahyana area to promote students’ competences in appreciating fiction stories. The material was developed based on the fiction aspects to meet the requirement of curriculum subject for the fifth-grade students in elementary school and followed by the need analysis results. The material was designed in printed form and it was standardized to meet good quality learning material for elementary student purposes. The results showed that the developed fiction material was categorized as very good. The material was effective to use and be able to motivate the students to appreciate fiction stories. The developed material facilitated the students to involve in the learning process actively which made the learning move from teacher center to student center learning. The significance value was 0.000 < 0.05. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was a positive improvement and significant value of learning outcomes of the fiction stories appreciation after the use of developed instructional material.


Author(s):  
Femy Septiani And Busmin Gurning

This study concerns on how reading text materials are developed for vocational school. This study was conducted by using developmental research. The subject of this research was class XII SMK Sandhy Putra 2 Medan consisting of 36 students. Instrumentations for collecting data were questionnaire and interview. After analyzing the data, the writer got the students’ need in learning English in term of vocation that they have. Based on the students’ need analysis, then it was got some basic competences which need to be reached by the students, and based on the basic competences, syllabus can be designed. After syllabus had been designed, developing teaching materials was done. The developed teaching materials were related to the vocation that the students had; it was culinary art. The development of materials followed four stages; those were pre-development/ planning, development, evaluation, and revision.


Author(s):  
Anggi Yulihar And Nora Ronita Dewi

The study deals with the developing interactive media for senior high school students. The objective of this study is to find out how to develop interactive media for better speaking skill of senior high school students. The research was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D). The subject of this research was 2016/2017 students of the eleventh grade of Class XI IPA4 in SMAN 1 Batang Kuis. The number of the students was 30 students. The data of this study was collected by using need analysis questionnaire and experts’ judgment. Need analysis questionnaire was calculated by using percentage to get the information of students’ need before developing interactive media. Experts’ judgment was calculated by using likert data, mean and criteria interval of expert judgment to know the validity of interactive media which has been developed. After the data analyzed, it was found that the experts’ judgment result was 4.80 which had a very good criteria interval. The result of the research find that interactive media is a very good to be used in teaching speaking skill.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Citra Hasan ◽  
Busmin Gurning ◽  
Amrin Saragih

This research aims to develop the materials of reading by conducting need analysis in order to meet the needs of business administration students. The method of research was a research and development (R&D) by Borg and Gall which are modified in to three main cycles, namely: evaluation and needs assessment, materials development, and materials validation. The study found that the existing materials of reading II are not match with the needs analysis result. Thus, the researcher added 13 more basic competencies of the syllabus and materials of reading related to the learners needs and learning needs. Keywords: Business English; Materials; Reading; Task-Based Language Instruction Approach


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