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4. For further studies This thesis may serve as a base of conducting further research of language teaching
method. Hopefully, this research result can provide helpful information and give a stimulus for the further research. Hence, better and more various activities or task
through Task-Based Language Teaching will be found.
G. Definition of Terms
To get clear information of this study, here the writer includes some definitions of important terms:
1. Design Design is to develop plans to guide educational activity in a situation Houle,
1978: 230. The plan refers to an instructional materials design that will be used in the classroom. Design is purposeful and it is made firstly before one is doing
something. A teacher has to make or design a lesson plan in order to facilitate the teaching learning process.
2. Instructional Speaking Materials The writer formulates instructional speaking materials in this study as
materials planned by the designer to be used by the teachers or instructors and learners as the focus of discussion in teaching and learning process. Instructional
materials are materials planned by the teacher for instruction using textbook, journal, and newspaper as the example of printed materials Walters and Reisser A, 1983:3
The approach that is used in this study is Task-Based Language Teaching. Task-Based Language Teaching is an approach to design language courses in which
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the point of departure is not an ordered list of linguistic items, but collection of tasks Nunan, 1992: 24.
3. Institut Pertanian STIPER In English, it is called STIPER Agricultural Institute. This institute focuses on
the agricultural study. It was founded on December 10, 1958. Institut Pertanian STIPER has two campuses, located at Jl. Nangka II Maguwoharjo, Depok Sleman,
Yogyakarta and at Jl. Petung No. 2 Papnngan Yogyakarta. There are three faculties in this institute: they are Agricultural Faculty, Agricultural Engineering Faculty, and
Forestry Faculty. 4. Program Khusus Sarjana Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit
Program Khusus Sarjana Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit is a new program that is designed to prepare the students to be planters or experts in oil palm plantations. This
program is a special program in Agricultural Faculty and was founded in 2005.
