Background of the Problem

programme is the same. From this phenomena, it can be seen that the students do not meet their needs and interests. SMK Negeri 6 Yogyakarta has a problem to find appropriate learning materials for the students. The materials which are relevant to the needs of the students of vocational high schools are limited. Teachers need to search the support materials that are related to each study programme by themselves. The absence of appropriate English materials affects students‟ achievement in learning English, especially for their study programmes. Considering the fact above, providing relevant English learning materials for a particular study programme in vocational high schools that are useful to facilitate students in achieving the goals of learning and mastering higher proficiency of English is a must. The materials will be provided by developing English learning materials that are based on the learners‟ needs. An approach to language learning that is based on learners‟ needs is called ESP English for Specific Purposes, as stated by Hutchinson and Waters 1987. In addition, Hutchinson and Waters 1987 say that in developing the materials, the target needs and learning needs of the students must be discovered by conducting the needs analysis in order to meet the materials with the learners‟ needs and interests. The learning materials must cover the materials needed by the students, but it has to be made by associating the materials with the speciality of the students. The materials given must be related to their future job or their life. Oguz and Bahar 2008 as stated in Baghban and Ambigapathy 2011, state that if the learners interact with the materials with interest and without difficulty, they can participate actively in the teaching and learning process and in the same way their motivation levels may raise. This study attempts to find out and develop the model of appropriate English learning materials which support the English teaching and learning process at SMKN 6 Yogyakarta.

B. Identification of the Problem

Materials are really important for teaching and learning purposes. By using the right or appropriate learning materials, it affects the students‟ achievement in learning something. Materials must meet the needs and interests of the students. However, the problem in this study is that the materials given by the teacher still had some weaknesses. The English materials used by the students contain the general E nglish inputs which are not specified yet to the student‟s specific needs. The textbooks used by the SMKN 6 Yogyakarta do not represent the language use in the target situations of each study programme.

C. Limitation of the Problem

Developing appropriate learning materials for all study programmes in SMKN 6 Yogyakarta would be a very time consuming programme. Therefore, this study focused on developing a module of appropriate English learning materials in the form of textbook for the grade eleven students of beauty skincare study programme at SMKN 6 Yogyakarta in the academic year 20152016. The beauty skin care study programme was chosen because there is no research yet about this programme in SMKN 6 Yogyakarta. The materials were developed by following the Core Competence and the Basic Competences of Curriculum 2013. Also, the target needs and learning needs of the students of beauty skincare study programme are the crucial parts that need to be considered in developing the materials.

D. Formulation of the Problem

Based on the limitation of the problem above, the problems were formulated as: 1. What are the target needs of Grade XI students of beauty skin care study programme at Vocational High Schools? 2. What are the learning needs of Grade XI students of beauty skin care study programme at Vocational High Schools? 3. What are the appropriate English learning materials for Grade XI students of beauty skin care study programme at Vocational High Schools?

E. The Objective of the Study

The objectives of this study are to: 1. Describe the target needs of Grade XI students of beauty skincare study programme at Vocational High Schools. 2. Describe the learning needs of Grade XI students of beauty skincare study programme at Vocational High Schools.