Development of English Teaching Materials Based on Language Meta-Function in UNIMED Postgraduate

摘要

This study aims to find useful teaching materials to be in accordance with the principles of language function and ESP to develop English language skills for academic and work world purposes. This research was conducted in the UNIMED Postgraduate study program in 2017 until 2018. To achieve the objectives of this research, the overall research used research and development methods. The implementation of this study follows the steps including: preliminary survey, model planning, model testing, model development and socialization validation. To find out the influence of relevant learning models that can improve good English competence and are supported by the ability to think critically in student language used a quasi-experimental research approach with the design of posttest only control groups. This study uses an instrument consisting of questionnaires and tests. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques and t test. The results of the study show that language metaphysics relate to the development of English as a foreign language for Postgraduate study programs. The development of teaching materials is closely related to the analysis of needs in metaphors and critical thinking and genres. Metaphysical material is closely related to the principle of language learning related to how to develop teaching materials that are relevant to students' problems.