Developing English Learning Materials Based on Students' Needs for Hotel Management Study Program Students at Universitas Negeri Padang

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10.2991/icla-17.2018.6How to use a DOI?

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English for Hotel Management Study Program UNP learning Material learning Material development Needs Analysis

Abstract

The development of the global tourism industry rapidly, make the importance of English ability for specific fields of work, including hotel management. For preparing the graduates, Hotel Management Study Program UNP provides English Profession 1, 2, and 3 subject. Unfortunately, implementation does not give significant contribution in improving graduates' English ability. Its learning materials do not fulfill the students' needs, so that learning materials development was carried out through research and development. The research used ADDIE model that stands for the phases of Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluation. The data was obtained through conducting interview and spreading questionnaires to students, lecturers, head department, three hotels' managers, alumni, and experts. Need analysis found English skill, teaching methodology, new topics and language focus which are appropriate for the students. The content was designed and developed based on the students needs. This developed learning material has been assessed as valid and recommended by experts through validation judgment. Then it was found that the developed learning materials were categorized 'practical' to be used by students Hotel Management Study Program UNP

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Elismawati ELISMAWATI
AU  - Mukhaiyar MUKHAIYAR
PY  - 2017/10
DA  - 2017/10
TI  - Developing English Learning Materials Based on Students' Needs for Hotel Management Study Program Students at Universitas Negeri Padang
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 31
EP  - 36
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icla-17.2018.6
DO  - 10.2991/icla-17.2018.6
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