department and become professional nurses. Whether becoming novice nurses or professional nurses, they have to deal with medical terms that mostly are in
English. They also had to deal with various patients which possibly those who cannot speak Indonesian. Since English is the international language, so the
ability to interact with English is very important for the students in nursing department.
The students of nursing department can learn English that they will use for their future job in school, but unfortunately the English lesson from school
was not sufficient for them since the lesson that they receive was general English. However, they need English materials which can support them as
nurses in the future. The English lesson in school was not specifically designed for nursing department, but it was designed for senior high school. The
textbook used for English lesson is Pathway to English and worksheet or “LKS” for students. The book uses School Based Curriculum that matches with
the curriculum used in SMK Kesehatan Rahani Husada, but the contents are not suitable for nursing department because nursing department has special
materials that are not being taught in general senior high schools. Developing English learning materials is very important to be
conducted because there are no English learning materials which can fulfill their need and interest to be used by teachers of nursing department to teach
their students. This condition needs to be fixed to give the nursing department students enough knowledge of English related to their needs and interest.
B. Identification of the Problem
Materials are one of the important aspects of teaching and learning process both for teachers and students. For teachers, materials help them to
teach their students. By the existence of materials, teachers can choose what to teach and how to teach those to their students. While for students, materials
help them to decide what to learn so they can focus on certain points. As a result, good material is needed to be provided to help teachers and students
achieve the learning goals. Good materials are the materials that appropriate for students to learn because it covers their needs and interests. Therefore, English
materials for vocational high school are different from those used in general senior high school since there are various departments in vocational high
school. However, based on the interview and observation conducted on
February 2016, the researcher found that the English teachers of SMK Kesehatan Rahani Husada did not use English textbook that was specifically
designed for vocational high school of nursing department. The reason was because she could not find the suitable textbook. The book used for English
learning process was Pathway to English and worksheet or “LKS” for students.
The book mentioned was designed for Senior High School students in general. Therefore, the contents were general English, which mostly were not related to
nursing. Moreover, because the teacher explained the materials used Pathway to English textbook
and worksheet or “LKS” for students, she had to provide the practices for his students by herself because the practices must be related to
nursing. As a result, the materials and practices were separated and it was not practical because based on the interview with some students, sometimes they
lost the practices.
C. Problem Limitation
According to the problems mentioned above, the researcher focused on developing learning materials for tenth graders of nursing
department of SMK. It was because after graduating from senior high school of nursing department, the students are expected to be able to communicate in
English with foreign patients or at least be able to understand and respond to foreign patients‟ grievance. Besides, they are also expected to be able to
understand medical terms in English so they can do their job professionally. Therefore, they need materials that can prepare them for the expected skills
mentioned. Considering the time constraint, the researcher only developed the materials for the second semester with the integrating skill tasks based on the
School-Based Curriculum.
D. Problem Formulation
The problems can be formulated into: 1. What are the target needs of the tenth graders of nursing department in
the second semester? 2. What are the learning needs of the tenth graders of nursing department in
the second semester?
