This study aims at (1) investigating the quality of “When English Rings
A Bells” textbook to teach speaking skill for grade seventh of Junior High School,
and (2) developing video-based supplementary materials to teach speaking skill
for grade seventh of SMP 12 Surakarta. This study is categorized as a Research
and Development study. There are 2 stages in conducting this study. The first is
exploration, which consists of need analysis, library research, prototype design,
and expert judgment. The second is model development which consists of
prototype try out and evaluation.
The result of need analysis revealed that “When English Rings a Bell”
(WERB) has some weaknesses especially for teaching speaking skill. The
materials in WERB were still limited. The teacher had to add some materials from
other resources. Before developing the materials, the researcher made an
evaluation towards WERB for grade seventh as the existing material by using the
construct of good speaking materials. The result of the textbook analysis shows
that WERB for seventh grade does not reflect the principles of scientific approach
teaching procedures. Moreover, WERB for seventh grade does not accomodate
one of the four indicators of speaking namely grammar. WERB for seventh grade
does not provide authentic materials to teach speaking skill. The students should
be given opportunities to have disscussion and presentation using the target
language.
The researcher designed the prototype of video-based supplementary
materials for teaching speaking skill based on the Curriculum 2013. The first step
is analyzing the core and basic competence in the Curriculum 2013. Then, the
researcher drew some indicators in order to find the appropriate materials to
achieve the learning goals of speaking skill. The draft, then, was evaluated by the
expert in TEFL. This stage is carried out for finding out the weaknesses of the
prototype design whether or not the draft has fulfilled the criteria of good
speaking materials based on 2103 curriculum. After obtaining the feedback from
the expert, the researcher revised the draft. The supplementary materials are tried
out three times in order to validate the feasibility.
It is hoped that the video-based supplementary materials can help the
teacher for giving additional materials for teaching speaking. The researcher also
hopes that the students’ motivation and the situation of the classroom improve
significantly using the video-based supplementary materials.
Keywords: Video-based, Supplementary Materials, Curriculum 2013, Speaking
skill