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This research is aimed at developing an ESP learning material to fulfil the students’ needs in learning English at automotive skill program of vocational high school. It used 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 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. The product development stage describes: (1) the description of the prototype; (2) the tryout of the prototype; and (3) the feasibility of the product.
This research was conducted at SMK Warga Surakarta. There were two teachers  and  twenty four  students  involved  in  this  research.  The  data  of  the exploration stage were obtained through conducting document analysis, doing interview, and distributing questionnaire. It was done to know the quality of the textbook used at SMK Warga Surakarta.
The findings show that the textbook used at the school contains general English material and it is less specific to be used for the students of Automotive skill program. Thus, it implies that there should be ESP learning material developed in regard to provide the teacher and the students of Automotive skill program. ESP learning material was developed by considering some aspects. It contains theories of ESP, TBLT, reading, and module. Then, it was evaluated and reviewed  by expert  judgment  and  implemented  in  class  XF Automotive skill program of SMK Warga Surakarta, to make the material feasible. Through conducting observation and focus group discussion (FGD) between the researcher, the teacher, the expert, and the students, the prototype was revised to be the final product. Therefore, after three times try-out, the prototype is feasible to be applied as supplementary material for Automotive skill program students of vocational high school.

Keywords : ESP, Reading Skill, Task-Based Language Teaching, Module