proper mastery in English skills and elements. However, there is no discussion on the effectiveness of the materials designed.
D. Objectives of the Study
This research is aimed to discover the steps of designing a set of English conversation materials for advanced learners of English Conversation Class at Quick
Concept English Course Solo and to design a set of English conversation materials
for advanced learners of English Conversation Class at Quick Concept English Course Solo.
E. Benefits of the Study
This study is intended to give some benefits. First, hopefully, it can be used as the guidelines for the teachers of Quick Concept English Course Solo to teach the
advanced learners of the English Conversation Class at Quick Concept English Course Solo. Second, by using the materials, the learners are expected to obtain
improvement in their speaking skills. Third, it can be used as a reference for other teachers to teach and for other writers to do similar studies or develop further
researches.
F. Definition of Terms
To clarify concepts and avoid misinterpretation, some words and phrases are defined as follows:
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1. Design Richards and Rodgers 1986 state that design is the level of method analysis in
which several things are considered: the objectives, the ways the language content are selected and organized, the types of learning tasks and teaching activities, the
roles of learners, the roles of teachers, and the role of instructional materials. 2. English Conversation Materials
According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary, materials are things that are needed in order to do a particular activity. Kemp 1977 states that the content of
the materials must closely relate to the objectives and to the students’ needs. In this study, the English conversation materials relate to the things that are used in
conversation class. The materials are intended to give guidelines for the teachers and the students in doing teaching-learning activities.
3. Advanced learners In this study, advanced learners refer to Quick Concept English Course Solo
learners who have passed 55 meetings. They have learned the first, the second, and the third books of New Concept English for Global Communication
published by Cambridge University Press. 4. English Conversation class
English Conversation Class in this study refers to the English Conversation Class in Quick Concept English Course Solo in which the activities of the class are
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