Need Assessment for Material Development in Writing Skill Non-Literature Text Teaching for Indonesian Students of Junior High school in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Teaching material is one of the supporting fluency of learning in class. Writing skills are skills that are more difficult than other language skills, such as listening, speaking and reading. The teaching material currently has weaknesses in illustrations and more questions so the explanation of the material is incomplete. The purpose of this research is to find out teaching materials that need to be developed in non-literary text writing skills in Indonesian language lessons for junior high school students in Yogyakarta. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The subjects of this study were 10 Indonesian language teachers in 10 junior high schools in Yogyakarta. Data collection techniques are initial observations in the form of questionnaires and interviews. Data were analyzed by collecting, presenting, and concluding. Validity uses data triangulation techniques. The results showed that the language used in teaching materials in schools was quite good, in terms of content, language, presentation, and graphics, as well as communicative. There are many exercises in the questions, but the shortcomings are in the illustrations and explanations of material that are less detailed. The results of the questionnaire analysis of the need to develop teaching materials for nonliterary text writing skills show that Indonesian language teachers need teaching materials for Indonesian non-literary text writing skills that explain more detailed material and are equipped with illustrations that enhance student enthusiasm for learning in class. Based on the research data above, it can be concluded that it is necessary to develop teaching materials specifically the skill of writing Indonesian non-text texts in the form of textbooks with certain approaches to facilitate student learning in class. The findings indicate that the need for nonliterary textbooks to improve learning. Keyword: teaching materials, writing skill