to develop appropriate English reading learning materials for students of International Mathematics Education Study Program of Yogyakarta State
University.
B. Identification of the Problems
The concept of world-class university requires the implementation of internationalization concept. The way to apply the internationalization concept is
by running the international classes. These international classes offer to do teaching and learning processes through international standards. The teaching and
learning processes will be presented theoretically and practically in order to gain students’ knowledge and skills based on the requirement of international
standards. The students of International Mathematics Education study program might
need the ability of reading skills to support their study. They need reading in order to make them easier in doing the learning processes. In addition, they also need to
be able to grasp the provided literatures or references written in English. The learning materials should facilitate the students’ learning and meet the
students’ needs. In this case, the reading materials should represent students’ n
eeds. Moreover, the input texts should relate to the students’ study program, in this case Mathematics Education Study Program.
One way to find students’ needs related to learning materials are by conducting needs analysis. Needs analysis will
examine some factors related to the development of learning materials such as text types, themes or topics, and length of a text.
In addition, the design of teaching and learning process will decide types of tasks or activities developed including how the tasks or activities will be done
individually, in pairs, or in group whether inside or outside the classroom. Thus, those aspects should be included in examining the students’ needs in order to
develop English reading learning materials which might be useful for students of International Mathematics Education study program.
C. Limitation of the Problems
The students of international mathematics study program need materials which can improve their reading skill ability related to mathematics study. This
research focused on developing English reading learning materials for students of International Mathematics Education of Yogyakarta State University.
D. Formulation of The Problems
The problems of this study are formulated as follows: 1.
What are the target needs of the students of International Mathematics Education Study Program?
2. What are the learning needs of the students of International Mathematics
Education Study Program? 3.
What are the appropriate reading learning materials for the students of International Mathematics Education Study Program?
E. Objectives of The Study
This study is aimed at: 1.
Finding out the target needs of the students of International Mathematics Education Study Program.
2. Finding out the learning needs of the students of International Mathematics
Education Study Program. 3.
Developing appropriate reading learning materials for the students of International Mathematics Education Study Program.
F. The Significance of The Study
This study gives significances to some parties. The significance of this study is stated as the following:
1. The students of International Mathematics Education study program
The results of this research are aimed at providing useful resources for students to have more practice in order to develope their reading skill ability.
2. The teachers of International Mathematics Education study program
The results of this research are expected to be one of the resources to supplement teachers of International Mathematics Education Study Program
in teaching and also to inspire them in developing appropriate materials for their students in order to improve their reading skill.
3. To English department
This study gives contribution in providing more resources and ideas for the Research and Development study.
4. Course designers of materials developers
The result of this research are of great use for course designers or materials developers in developing reading
materials that meet students’ needs. 5.
Other researchers The results of this research can be used as a reference for other researchers to
conduct a similar study but in different focus discussion.
