Developing Electronic ESP Book for Information Systems Students

Abstract

The research is financed by Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia Abstract English for Specific Purpose (ESP) course provides English skills and knowledge based on the students’ major. The topics in ESP course are specific and developed in specially-designed learning materials. This research aimed to develop electronic book for ESP course in Information Systems department with Research and Development method by ADDIE model, that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The e-book was designed based on the data collected in needs analysis through questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. The data showed that the currently used ESP learning materials needed to be replaced with more suitable learning materials. Based on that, the e-book was designed to comprise the recent topics in Information Systems. The e-book was divided into five chapters and the materials were presented through activities that were designed to develop students’ English skills. The temporary e-book was then validated by experts and tested in the try-out with the students’ representative. The e-book obtained positive feedback and was revised based on the suggestion given. The result showed that the e-book is in a good quality and feasible to be used in ESP course.