Concerning these, the English learning materials should be designed based on
the students’ needs in order to support the English learning process. Besides, the learning materials should be contextualized based on their study program.
B. Identification of the Problems
English learning materials have a crucial part in teaching and learning process in the classrooms. The school needs appropriate English materials based
on the recent curriculum that also represents the characteristics of each department in each level to meet the students’ need. However, there are some problems found
by the researcher which are related to materials and media used in the teaching and learning process of Beauty Study Program at SMK N 3 Magelang. The
English materials used in learning English for Beauty Study Program are not contextualized to their study program. The English materials which the students
learn are still general English. They need specific English learning materials related to Beauty Study Program.
Based on the interview which was conducted in July 2014, the researcher found some problems related to the materials that the teacher used.
First, the course book that the teacher used is published by LP2IP Yogyakarta
entitled “Bahasa Inggris untuk SMK”. The English course book contains general English since it is used for all study programs. The content of the
course book is all about grammar exercises. The pattern of the tasks is grammar explanation then followed by the tasks. There are no particular input texts and
technical terms of Beauty Study Program. The teachers also sometimes adapted
and adopted supplementary materials from the internet. However the input texts still do not meet the students’ needs.
Second, the audio materials available are in the form of Compact Disc CD. The CDs are in one package with the course book. It means that the input
texts of the audio materials are also too general. Last, the teachers concern on developing English learning materials for
Akomodasi Perhotelan Study Program only. It can be assumed that the Beauty Study Program is still lack of appropriate English learning materials.
Meanwhile, it is important for them to recognize vocabulary and expressions which are useful for their future job. However, the course books
contain general English inputs which do not meet the students’ needs. Therefore, students cannot learn the competences which will be required in the target
situation later.
C. Limitation of the Problem
