1. What are the target needs of the tenth grade students of Computer Engineering and Networking department at SMKN 1 Pundong?
2. What are the learning needs of the tenth grade students of Computer Engineering and Networking department at SMKN 1 Pundong?
3. What are the appropriate reading materials for the tenth grade students of Computer Engineering and Networking department at SMKN 1
Pundong?
E. Objective of the Research
According to the problems that have been mentioned, the objectives of the research are to find out the target needs and the learning needs of the grade X
students at Computer Engineering and Networking program and to design appropriate Reading materials for them.
F. Significance of the Research
The research is expected to give a meaningful contribution to some parties:
a. For the English teachers, this research hopefully can give ideas for the ideal reading materials used in the computer engineering and networking program.
The teachers also can use this study as one of the sources of teaching and learning process in the classroom.
b. For the students, it helps them to be more motivated in learning English and get more exposure particularly in reading skills that can help them in
understanding English dealing with their major. c. For other researchers, this research can be a reference for them who are willing
to make materials with the same topic, d. For the researcher, she can transfer her knowledge about designing reading
materials for vocational school students.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter focuses the base theory of this study and the conceptual framework. The theories deal with the description of English taught at vocational
high school majoring computer engineering and networking, the use of ESP approach to develop materials, the method called CBI, materials development,
unit development and task-based language teaching approach. In the end of the chapter, all the theories are put into the conceptual framework as the overview to
guide the flow of this research.
A. Literature Review
1. English Teaching and Learning at Vocational High School
Teaching and learning English at vocational schools cannot be separated from the curriculum as the guide to conduct a subject. Since 2013, the government
has been implementing a new curriculum called Curriculum 2013 to change the previous
curriculum, School-based
Curriculum KTSP.
During the
implementation, Curriculum 2013 raised controversion since some parties such as students, teachers, and schools did not really understand what the curriculum
means, espesially in language teaching and learning. There are some pro and con of the curriculum. Some said it can stimulate students’ critical skills, but others
said that the approach is not really approriate for language teaching and learning. Many schools are also not ready enough to use this new curriculum. Considering
