Background of the Study
same as what are used by regular high school eventough their needs are far different.The existing materials in the markets also do not fulfil their needs since
they only learn general English from the books used by the teachers. It causes the students’ intention to read the texts on the books low, since they do not find any
relevancy on what they learn and what they actually need. Moreover, the books distributed recently that are based on Curriculum
2013 also do not solve the problem. Instead, it raises anxiety for students, teachers, and school. The new regulation of Education Ministry even gives more
impacts that cause hesitation. It is getting complicated since the changing of curriculum from Curriculum 2013 to School-based Curriculum KTSP at the
schools makes the students and also the teachers feel confused. Teachers who have already known this situation are expected to design
materials that are relevant to the students’ needs, but since their limitation of time, energy, and lack of understanding on how to design materials for specific field, it
is almost impossible for them to design such materials. It is time-consuming to conduct needs analysis, match the related topics to syllabus, and evaluate the
materials, while as we know teachers have so many things to do to carry out their duty as educators. Those become the reasons why the available materials provided
by the markets whose contents do not really fit to students ’ needs are more likely
to use. Designing materials that are appropriate to the major is not an easy matter
to do and is not such an instant process. It is true that the goverment has always tried to develop materials from time to time. However, designing such matters
needs a lot of things to consider. The available materials are actually not bad, but they just do not meet students actual needs and it is even hard to find specific
English materials to use for Computer Engineering and Networking students. Based on the stated problems, the researcher tries to carry out a study
which is expected to produce Reading materials that can facilitate students majoring Computer Engineering and Networking in learning English. Throughout
the reading materials, students are supposed to learn English in an enjoyable way and take reading activities into account that can change their English ability in a
good way.