Moving towards 21st Century English Language Teaching

Developing ESP multiliteracies-based materials

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201215.105How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ESP, learning material, learning by design, multiliteracies, skills, 21st century

Abstract

Learning materials are considered as one of the primary agents of conveying knowledge to learners that their roles are undoubtedly pivotal in the teaching and learning process. This paper attempts to delineate course materials development in the context of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Informatics Engineering area in a state polytechnic of Banjarmasin. The proposed learning materials was designed for the purpose of providing learners with up-to-date instructional materials relevant to their needs and current conditions. Two prominent theoretical constructs of multiliteracies and the knowledge processes of Learning by Design (LbD) were set as guideline in determining the activity and the task types. For the purpose of developing ESP learning materials in this paper, Research and Development (R&D) design was utilized in which Jolly and Bolitho’s (1998) model of materials development was selected in the process of materials writing. This model involved six major stages including identification of needs, exploration of needs, contextual realization, pedagogical realization, physical production, and evaluation. The discussion of this paper specified merely on the first four stages within the model consisting of identification of needs, exploration of needs, contextual realization, and pedagogical realization. To identify and explore learners’ needs, questionnaire and document analysis were conducted. The results of this study hopefully could contribute to the development of ESP learning materials and course materials writing theory and serve as the guideline for teachers and other materials developers to produce and create appropriate and meaningful materials for ESP learners.

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© 2020, 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  - Siti Kustini
AU  - Didi Suherdi
AU  - Bachrudin Musthafa
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Moving towards 21st Century English Language Teaching
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 670
EP  - 675
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.105
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.105
ID  - Kustini2020
ER  -