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THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGNED MATERIALS
The title of this study is “Designing a Set of English Speaking Instructional Materials using Task-Based Learning for Homestay Hosts of Desa
Wisata Kembang Arum ”. This study aims to develop a set of designed materials to
help the learners to increase their speaking skill based on task-based learning. In this part, the writer will describe three matters. They are background, contents,
and purpose.
A. Background
The idea of developing these English speaking materials came up because the homestay hosts need English to communicate with their foreign guests. In order to
give the best service, they need to be able to speak English. Since they are adult learners in beginner level and they want to increase their speaking skill for
specific purpose, the teacher should be aware of the learners’ characters, needs, and wants in designing the materials.
Dealing with the fact above, the writer tried to design a set of English speaking instructional materials based on task-based learning that encourages the learners
to use the target language through the given tasks. By completing the tasks that have communicative purpose, it is expected that the learners are able to increase
their speaking ability.
B. Contents
The designed materials consist of eight units. Each unit is divided into five main sections, namely: Warming-Up, Practice, Communicative Activity,
Language Focus, Language Practice. The time allocation for each meeting is 100 minutes 1 hour 40 minutes
1. Warming-Up Warming-Up is to direct the learners to the topic that is going to be
learnt. This section also aims to activate the learners’ knowledge about the topic.
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2. Practice Practice provides the learners with two examples of dialogue. Through
the dialogues, they learn how to use the language in real situations. The dialogues also give the learners examples how to make conversation for role-
play in Communicative Activities section. 3. Language Focus
Language Focus deals with the theory of the topic being learnt. In this section, the learners learn how to pronounce and study some expressions
commonly used. It aims to gain their knowledge about the correct and useful expressions.
4. Communicative Activities Communicative Activities section provides the learners with
communicative activities. It gives the learners opportunities to use the target language. There are two parts in the Communicative Activities. They are a
game and a mini role-play. The game aims to give the learners an opportunity to use the language through fun activity. The form of the games is modified
related to the topic of each unit. Meanwhile, the mini role-play is a tool for the learners to activate their speaking skill. The learners are asked to make mini
role-play based on the situations given. 5. Language Practice
Language practice provides the learners with an exercise. It is used to measure how far the learners understand the given materials.
The units, topics, and titles in the designed materials are as follows.
Unit Topic Title
1 Greetings and Closings
Hello, Good Morning 2
Introducing Self and Others I am Edward
3 Offering Helps
May I Help You? 4
Handling Complaints The Light Bulb is Broken
5 Giving Information
about Art Performances Jathilan
is a Traditional Dance 6 Describing
Menu Gudeg
is Made from Young Jackfruit
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Unit Topic Title
7 Giving Directions
How can I Get to the Waterfall? 8
Thanking and Apologizing Thank You for Visiting this Village
C. Purpose
