DESIGNING ENGLISH COURSE SYLLABUS AND INTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR LAW LEARNERS

Rifky Nofriadi (2024) Designing English Course Syllabus and Intructional Material For The Law Learners. This research design has applied Research and Development method (R&D) which aims to 1). identify the learning needs of the students of Law at Muhammadiyah University Palu for their ESP Course. development in this research have applied steps of research and development method introduced by Gall, Gall and Borg (2003) and modified by Sukmadinata (2008) into three main steps: introduction, development, and testing or evaluation. The three main steps in this research and development have been combined with ADDIE stages in designing and developing course introuced by Gagne, et al., (2005). In implementing and trying out the teaching material and in the field testing, the researcher has applied the formative evaluation procedures introduced by Tessmer (1993) into expert review, one to one, small group, and field testing. The finding of this research is 1. The students needs in learning ESP for Law department consist of learning needs and language needs. Learning needs in this present study covers two main aspects: language skills and learning preferences. In terms of language skills, all the four language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing are often used in the ESP classroom and in the workplace. Speaking and writing skills are used more often than reading and listening as indicated by the results of the questionnaire and interviews. 2. The results of needs analysis have shown that an integrated or a mixed syllabus of three types of syllabus; Topical or Content-based syllabus, Functional syllabus, and Competence-based Syllabus are suitable for the needs of the students in learning ESP and in the workplace. The three types of syllabus are used to provide the teaching materials and activities that can fulfill the learning needs, language needs, and curriculum demands. Learning needs and language needs for each criteria is given different priority in designing and developing the course. The result of the formative evaluation process indicated that designing and developing ESP course based on needs analysis gave the positive impact on the teaching quality as most of the respondents gave high preferences on the teaching materials given, 3. instructional material should be applied based on needs analysis and syllabus type are Law and Legal Reasoning, Source of Law, How to Find Case in Law, Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution, What is Court Systems and Procedure?, Criminal Law and Procedure, and Torts Related to Business Law