Abstrak
This research is aimed at developing an ESP learning material to fulfill the students’ needs in learning speaking towards international relations program at higher education. It carries out Research and Development (R&D) proposed by Borg and Gall as the research design of this research. This study was oriented to the product development and was conducted in two main stages; (1) exploration stage and (2) product development stage. The exploration stage includes: (1) the description of the existing condition of English textbook and (2) the need analysis of the ESP learning material. Meanwhile, the product development stage describes: (1) the course grid design (2) the description of the prototype, (3) the expert judgment (4) the tryout of the prototype, and (5) the final product. This research was conducted at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. There were teachers, the material experts, and students involved in this research. The data of the exploration stage were obtained through conducting document analysis, doing observation and interview, and distributing questionnaire. It was done to know the quality of the existing English course book used at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and the students’ need towards speaking materials. The findings show that the course book used to teach speaking contains general English materials and it is less specific to be used for the students of international relations department. Therefore, it implies that there should be ESP learning materials developed in regard to provide the teacher and to provide the students’ specific needs in learning speaking. The ESP-based speaking material was developed by considering some aspects. It contains theoretical theories of ESP, speaking, the existing curriculum, material development and also the students’ need. Then, it was evaluated and reviewed through the expert judgment and implemented in class HI IC-1 to make the material feasible. Through conducting observation, conducting focus group discussion (FGD) between the researcher, the collaborator, and the students, conducting interview, and distributing questionnaires, the prototype was revised to be the final prototype. After the prototype was able to be used in the teaching and learning of speaking, it was feasible. Therefore, it could be applied as a supplementary speaking material for international relation department students.
Keywords : ESP, material development, research and development study, international relations, supplementary speaking materials
