DESIGNING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS FOR EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to design English reading materials in the form of workbook for the students of Islamic Junior High School. This study was carried out after observing the students’ and school needs’. It was the unavailability of English reading materials for an extracurricular program that meets the Islamic Junior High School students’ need. The design of this study was Research and Development (R&D). The procedure of the research included need analysis, designing materials, expert validation, tryout materials and final product. The first stage of this research before designing the materials is need analysis. All the data were collected from the questionnaires, observation and interview guide to the students, the English teachers and the principal of school. The result in the need analysis stage showed that the students’ and school needs’ is the English reading materials for an extracurricular program. The materials should contain Islamic precious stories. The result of the need analysis was used to develop and design for the materials development. Then the next stage is the revision stage. All the revisions from the expert validation were revised for the betterment result product. The last revision, the result score from the expert validation showed that the product no needs revision and the product meets the criteria of a good book. The last stage is the result of tryout. The checklist were given to the students and the result of it showed that the workbook is interesting, good, colorful, relevant and appropriate to students. The result after tryout showed that most of students had given the positive response toward the workbook. The final product of this study is the English reading materials in the form of workbook for the eighth grade students of Al-Munawwarah Islamic Junior High School Muhammadiyah II Malang. The content of the book were Islamic precious stories, completed with reading techniques in every chapter, reading and vocabulary tasks which suitable with the students’ need in the Islamic school. This workbook is also can be used for another Islamic Junior high school who has the same mission in Islamic school and have the same problem for their English extracurricular program.