Developing English syllabus for the students of Information Technology Department at Kanjuruhan University in Malang / Agus Sholeh - Repositori Universitas Negeri Malang

Developing English syllabus for the students of Information Technology Department at Kanjuruhan University in Malang / Agus Sholeh

Sholeh, Agus (2009) Developing English syllabus for the students of Information Technology Department at Kanjuruhan University in Malang / Agus Sholeh. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.

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ABSTRACT Sholeh Agus. 2008. Developing English Syllabus for the Students of Information Technology Department at Kanjuruhan University in Malang. Thesis Graduate Program in English Language Education the State University of Malang. Advisors (I) Prof. M. Adnan Latief M.A. Ph.D. (II) Dr. Arwijati Wahyudi M.Pd. Dip.TESL. Key words Developing syllabus syllabus Information Technology Department. Developing English Syllabus for the Students of Information Technology Department is very crucial and urgent to do because there is no syllabus specially designed to meet the students needs and the syllabus being used has not yet fulfilled the requirements in terms of explicitness pragmatic and pedagogical efficiency. As a consequence the existing syllabus that is designed differently for every semester needs revising and developing. That is why Information Technology Department needs a syllabus with a specific goal to enable the students to understand English written texts and to speak related to their fields of study that is known as English for Specific Purpose (ESP). The lack of a suitable syllabus is the significant reason for the writer to conduct this study to design syllabus that meets the needs of the students. Since the students of English in Information Technology Department need speaking and reading skills it is necessary to develop an English syllabus for the skills. The problem of this study is There is no English syllabus that is specially designed based on the needs of the students of Information Technology Department of Kanjuruhan University of Malang . This study uses research and development with the procedure of language program development. The research was done in the Information Technology Department of Kanjuruhan University of Malang in April May and June 2007 in which the participation of the students the alumni and the English teachers were involved. The research used questionnaire and interview as the instrument to collect the data. In this study the syllabus is developed using the educational research and development (R and D) following eight stages (1) conducting the needs survey (2) determining the goal and objectives of the course (3) selecting the syllabus type (4) writing the proto syllabus (5) writing the pedagogical syllabus (6) verifying with the experts (7) trying out the product and (8) revising The product of this study is an English Syllabus for speaking and reading skill and instructional material as the models for lesson plan. The syllabus consists of standard competence topics basic competence (core material) indicators teaching and learning activities methods and media assessment the allotted time and sources of the materials. The proposed syllabus consists of 16 topics divided into 8 topics for speaking and 8 topics for reading. The teaching methods are selected to motivate students to speak by using question and answer drills role play repetition pair and group work and presentation. Methods for reading activities are lecturing classroom discussion and pair work discussion. The media used are textbook whiteboard projector and multi media room. Since the teaching and learning process of English in Information Technology Department is limited to two semesters it is suggested that the institution uses this syllabus as the guideline to develop the teaching material to meet the students need. Institution should give students more facilities to learn English such as English language laboratory special for Information Technology Department with multi media more books written in English more dictionaries. The institution gives addition time semester and weekly meeting. Kanjuruhan University has to pay attention to the quality of incoming students in selection test that is the learners achievement and passing grade have to be standardized for all subjects tested including English subject so that there would be a balance to bring points of teaching and learning.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Users 2 not found.
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2009 04:29
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2009 03:00
URI: http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/58386

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