SMASMK Students by Dachar Dadang 2007, there are no specific
textbooks that refer to hotel accommodation class students of vocational school.
Therefore, the researcher designs the speaking materials for hotel accommodation class of vocational school in order to make the students who
will work in a hotel to be accustomed to the conversation that is used in the real hotel management. The hotel itself will be able to get the best students
who can work and cooperate. So that when there are foreigner guests, the students are able to speak fluently to the guests.
1.2 Problem Formulation
From the previous research background, the research problem can be formulated as follows.
a. How is a set of speaking materials using role play for grade XI students of hotel accommodation class of Sewon Vocational School 1
designed? b. What does the set of speaking materials using role play for grade XI
students of hotel accommodation class of Sewon Vocational School 1 look like?
1.3 Problem Limitation
In order to make a clear boundary to this research the researcher makes
one limitation focuses on designing. The researcher limits this research to design a set of speaking materials using role play for grade XI
students of hotel accommodation class of Sewon Vocational School 1.
1.4 Research Objectives
From the previous problem formulation, the research objectives can be formulated as follows.
a. To design a set of speaking materials using role play for grade XI students of hotel accommodation class Sewon Vocational School 1.
b. To provide the appropriate speaking materials using role play for grade XI students of hotel accommodation class Sewon Vocational
School 1.
1.5 Research Benefits
This research will primarily benefit the teachers and the students.
For teachers
The study provides the speaking materials for learning and teaching activities that are suitable for the syllabus and to help teachers to conduct
the speaking class.
For students
The study provides the students of hotel accommodation class some examples of conversation that is used in the real work of hotel
management to facilitate the students to be accustomed to real work situation.
1.6 Definition of Terms
This part will elaborate the definitions that will be used in the study. They are as follow:
1. Speaking Widdowson 1979: 58 stated that speaking skill is kind of active and
productive interactions that make us use aural mediums. Aural mediums include mouth, lips, tongue and other activities. Louma 2004 stated
that speakers also need to know words, phrases and strategies for creating time to speak. Related to this study, designing a set of speaking
materials is meant to develop speaking materials an activity which uses aural mediums that are used by the hotel accommodation class of
Sewon Vocational School 1.
2. Material Hutchinson 1987 stated that materials provide a stimulus to learning.
Good materials do not teach: the materials encourage learners to learn. Good materials will, therefore, contain: interesting text, enjoyable
activities which engage the learner thinking capacities; opportunities for learners to use their existing knowledge or skills; content which both
learner and teacher can cope with.
3. Vocational School According to Peraturan Pemerintah on chapter 2 the purposes of
vocational education are to improve intelligence, personality, moral and personal skills of students to become independent, to enter the
workforce in accordance with previously studied education and is able to communicate in accordance with the field work. In line with that,
Rakestraw 1947, 2 stated that vocational education is preparing persons of employable age for advantageous entrance into skilled trades
and occupations.
4. Hotel Accommodation School According to Mr. Susilarto as a teacher of Hotel Accommodation Class
of Sewon Vocational School 1, hotel accommodation school aims to train students to be able to work in the field of tourism with particularly
good activity in the real job of hospitality, where students learn both theory and practice directly. Students are also trained to speak in at least
two foreign languages.
5. Role play According to Golebiowska 1990:5, role play is a communicative
activity in which the learners are given a task to complete. In order to ensure a lively and unpredictable course of the activity, the learners are
told who they are, what their opinions are and what they know that is unknown to the others.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
