General Description of the Designed Materials
This study is entitled “A Set of Integrated English Materials for Grade XI Students of Hotel Accommodation Department of SMK N I Kalasan”. This study
is aimed at providing the eleventh grade students of Hotel Accommodation Department of SMK N I Kalasan with compulsory English materials that could
help them to do simple English communication both in oral or written form in order to prepare the students to be able to compete in the real work.
A. Background
Teaching English as a foreign language in the vocational secondary school majoring Hotel Accommodation Department for the eleventh grade students is
challenging for two reasons. First, the students’ English mastery is still low. Second, the eleventh grade students of Hotel Accommodation Department should
attend Industrial Practice in the second semester at least in four-star hotels. It will enlarge the students’ opportunity to meet and interact with the foreign hotel guest.
This study is attempted to provide the students with the English materials which enable the students to do simple English communication both in oral or
written form. In order to design the English materials which are suitable for the Hotel Accommodation Department students, the writer should eliminate the
unnecessary text and create more interesting English text and also interesting activities.
This study employed Communicative Language Teaching. Communicative Language Teaching makes use of real life situations that need
communication. CLT emphasizes the process of communication rather than the mastery of language form. Therefore, the writer considered CLT as the most
appropriate approach for the eleventh grade students of Hotel Accommodation Department of SMK N I Kalasan.
This study does not focus only on one language skill, but focuses on four language skills. It is based on the consideration that the integration of the four
skills is the only plausible approach within a communicative and interactive
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framework. Through integrated skills, it provides the teacher with flexibility in creating interesting and motivating lessons.
B. Purpose
The purpose of this design is to motivate and help the eleventh grade students of Hotel Accommodation Department of SMK N I Kalasan to prepare the
students for the industrial practice. The writer hopes through the material design that the students will be able to develop their English competence. The writer also
expected that the materials design will give the students enough preparation for the industrial practice.
C. Content
