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2. The Tenth Grade Students of
SMK Negeri 2 Depok
This study is aimed to help the tenth grade students of
SMK Negeri 2 Depok
to be accustomed to learning English independently through various activities, making correction, and at last scoring their own works. Therefore,
students‟ ability in learning English independently is expected to improve.
3. Other Researchers
This study is expected to motivate other researchers who are interested in improving the students‟ ability in learning English for vocational school.
Moreover, it also persuades other researchers to provide materials which are appropriate for improving the students, especially autonomous students, of
vocational school‟s abilities in learning English.
F. Definition of Terms
In order to avoid misunderstanding, this section presents the definition of terms which are used in this study. There are some terms explained as follows.
1. Design
According to Kemp 1977, design is a plan which is applied in every level of education which involves the instructional designer and teachers with three
essential elements in it. Those three essential elements are objectives of the learning, activities and resources, and evaluation. Related to this study, the design
is to decide how something looks and works, especially by making plans, drawings or model of it Hornby, 1995. In line with those theories, the researcher
concludes that design is a step to make a learning material. It is an educational
10 planning which decides how something looks and works with three essential
elements in it. Thus, with designing the researcher can arrange a set of English materials appropriately. In this study, the researcher design a set of integrated
reading writing materials of Self-Access Centre for the tenth grade students in
SMK Negeri 2 depok
.
2. Integrated Skill
According to Oxford 2001, integrated skill is the combination of two or more skills within a communicative task. In line with the theory, the researcher
concludes that integrated skill is two or more skills that are connected to each
other. In this study, the researcher designs materials which integrate the reading and writing skills.
3. Reading
Grabe and Stoller 2002 state “Reading is an ability to find out the meaning of words in printed page and interpret this information appropriate
ly” p. 9. Hence, in reading, the readers are expected to be able to get the main idea of
the text in order to get some information in the text. In line with the theory, the researcher concludes that reading is about how the readers are able to obtain
information in the text accurately. In this study, the researcher gives more emphasis on reading comprehension and writing as the follow-up activities.
4. Writing