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semester students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The writer chose Mechanical Engineering Study Program of
Sanata Dharma University because she wanted to give contribution to that study program. The unsuccessful situation in which TOEFL was required to replace the
English subject motivated the writer to design English Instructional Materials for the Mechanical Engineering students of Sanata Dharma University. It is known
that students cannot develop their English in Mechanical Engineering area through TOEFL. Moreover, the establishment of an English subject needs to be
supported by instructional materials which can develop the students’ needs of English. The third semester students were chosen due to the reason that the
students still remember Basic English, which is very important to develop English around the Mechanical Engineering area. Another reason was to help the students
in conducting their study by giving English in their early year. Therefore, the students will be able to read books and journals that are written in English.
Besides, students will be ready to face the working world since they are already equipped with English from the beginning of their study. It is hoped that through
this English Instructional Materials students can be facilitated in developing their English. However, this study focuses only on designing the materials and is not
intended to be an experimental study.
D. Objectives of the Study
There are two objectives that will be achieved in this study. They are stated as follows:
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1. To find out how the English Instructional Materials for the students of the
Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University are designed.
2. To provide the students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of
Sanata Dharma University with the English Instructional Materials that would encourage them to develop their language skills and proficiency in Mechanics
area.
E. Benefits of the Study
It is expected that the study may give some benefits to the students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, the
Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, and to future researchers.
1. to the students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata
Dharma University The designed materials will be able to provide English materials that can help
the students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, especially the third semester students, to develop their English
language skills and thus to achieve English language proficiency. The designed materials are also expected to be able to fulfill the students’ needs of
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2. to the Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University
The designed materials can give the solution to the problem when the study program establishes an English subject. Instead of requiring the students to
join the TOEFL test, the Mechanical Engineering Study Program can develop the students’ ability in English through the designed English instructional
materials. The study program can also facilitate the students to achieve English language proficiency.
3. to future researchers
It is hoped that the results of this study can be used as a reference to support future relevant studies done by other researchers.
F. Definition of Terms
There are two terms which are used in this study. They are instructional materials and Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma
University. 1.
Instructional Materials Dick and Reiser 1989: 3 claim that instructional materials are “materials
planned or designed by the teacher for the teacher instructions.” In this study, instructional materials refer to materials designed by the writer that will be
used for conducting teaching-learning process in Mechanical Engineering study program of Sanata Dharma University which will help the students in
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2. Mechanical Engineering Study Program of Sanata Dharma University
Mechanical Engineering Study Program is a study program in Sanata Dharma University which studies about machinery. It is located in the third campus of
Sanata Dharma University in Paingan, Maguwoharjo. In this study program, English subject is not included yet in the curriculum. Therefore, the study
program is going to establish an English subject. It is going to be a compulsory subject for the third semester students.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
