DEVELOPING AN ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR D3 CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF ITS SURABAYA

Abstrak

The objective of this study is to develop the English syllabus for D3 Civil
Engineering Department. The subjects, therefore involves the students, the subjects
specialist, and the English teachers. To get the data of students needs, the
questionnaire, interview, document and observation were implemented. Research
and Development (R & D) was adopted as the research design, while the model of
the development was Language Program Development by Yalden. The most
important stage in this study is the needs survey to find out the real needs and
interest of those involved in the program as it is the bases for the development. The
needs survey was done by distributing questionnaires to the students, subject
specialist and the English teachers as the subject of the study. They were asked to
respond to the questionnaires. As the product will be implemented in the D3 Civil
Engineering program, the syllabus should be validated by the expert in the syllabus
design as well as the teacher of the department who has the mastery of the content
to check the appropriateness of the topics in the syllabus with the subjects of the
field being discussed. Revision was made based on the comments and suggestions
given by the experts. Further verification was conducted by trying out the syllabus to
the English teachers to make lesson plans based on the proposed syllabus. Based
on the findings of needs survey and the result of the development, some
suggestions are recommended. ESP is different from general English and it needs
careful preparation in the teaching and learning process. English teachers should
always collaborate with the subject specialist in determining the syllabus and the
material