Designing English Syllabus and Teaching Materials for Specific Purposes in Biology Education Department at Sukabumi Muhammadiyah University 2013/2014 Year Academic

loether, herman j.; h. ujang suparman, m.a, ph.d ;dr. santi chairani djonhar, m.a.;

This thesis began with the problems in English course materials which was presented in very general way and did not relevant with the students and stakeholder’s needs. The objectives of this study were (1) to find out the students’ needs; (2) to find out whether the English materials given in teaching and learning English have been relevant to the students’ needs; (3) to find out what kind of activities that suitable for the process of teaching and learning English. This research has been done from February through June 2014 with the samples were the fourth and sixth semester students and lecturer from Biology Education Department at Sukabumi Muhammadiyah University.
This study was a qualitative research with ESP approach and used four data collecting techniques, they are: documents, open-ended questionnaire, interview, and observation. All of these techniques were used to answer the research questions based on the objectives of the study. The findings of this study are that (1) the English materials needed is reading skill related to Biology and education fields; (2) the materials given has not been fully relevant to the students’ needs; and (3) the activities in presenting materials should be more interesting with many varieties of materials sources and strategies based on the students’ needs. The implementation of English Materials for Specific Purposes in Biology Education Department in this research has been done well with a good result, and it is believed that this research has been answered the problems that commonly happen in Biology Education Department environment.