C. Subject Contents
In order to get the subject content, the need survey was conducted to 45 semester IV students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata
Dharma University. Based on the survey, there are eight most interesting themes to be discussed. Those themes are deducted into topics which are
presented in these ten units which are as follows:
No. Themes Unit
Description
1 Education Unit 1. Cut and
Paste The topic for this unit is plagiarism.
In this unit, students are encouraged to express their opinion on certain
education issue which is plagiarism.
2 Entertainment Unit 2. Sneak
Preview The topic for this unit is movie. In
this unit, students are encouraged to express their opinion of certain
movie in a well delivered speech.
3 Health
Unit 3. Fit or Fat The topic in this unit is the risks
and benefits of coffee. In this unit, students are encouraged to deliver
persuasive message about the given topic.
4 Sport
Unit 4. I Love This Game
The topic in this unit is sport games. In this unit, students are
encouraged to demonstrate the process of giving and asking
information through conducting interview about sport games.
5 Travel and
Tourism Unit 5. Sun, Sea
and Sand
The topic in this unit is issue on travel and tourism. In this unit,
students are encouraged to demonstrate the appropriate public
speaking skill that would be necessary while having job
interview.
6 Environment
Unit 6. Climate Change
The topic in this unit is cause and effect of climate change. In this
unit, students are encouraged to perform effective problem solving
activity to environmental problems when holding group discussion.
Unit 7. Pop Culture The topic in this unit is popular culture. In this unit, students are
encouraged to conduct a survey on the issues of popular culture
effectively. 7 Culture
Unit 8. Meet the Metrosexual
The topic in this unit metrosexuality. In this unit,
students are encouraged to deliver a well organized oral presentation
about metrosexual issues in a good manner.
Unit 9. A Thing Called Love
This unit consists of general issues on love. In this unit, students are
encouraged to construct argument as the affirmative and negative
ideas on love and relationship issues.
8 Love and
Relationship
Unit 10. Will You Marry
Me? The topic in this unit is same sex
marriage. In this unit, students are encouraged to deliver arguments
and ideas in debate practice under the given theme.
The designed materials consist of two parts, which are Before the Class materials and In-Class materials.
1. Multimedia Materials
This part is intended as a preparation to the materials and activity that students will have in the speaking class, thus it is done outside the speaking class.
By working on this material students are encourage to develop their thinking skill, gain wider knowledge, furthermore, to promote their independent learning. The
materials are presented in form of slide show which is put in compact disc CD with a user friendly operation. This part consists of two sections as follow:
a. Reading Section The first section is reading section in which students read short text and
answer questions related to the text. This section consists of three parts as follow:
1 Before You Read
This is a pre-reading activity which purpose is to activate student’s background knowledge on the topics discussed which consists of pre-
reading questions and vocabulary items.
2 World in Words This is a whilst-reading activity in which students are encouraged to
comprehend on the content of the text through answering questions. 3 Comprehension Questions
This is a post-reading activity which checks student’s comprehension on the text they read and encourage students to relate the content of the text
with their knowledge.
b. Listening Section The second section is listening section in which students listen to audio
materials and answer questions related to the materials they hear. This section is also intended as a model for students’ pronunciation in class activity.
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