Developing English Vocabulary Application to Enhance Speaking Skills for Students of Hospitality Program

Abstract

This is a report on a Research and Development project with the purpose of developing supplementary materials for building students' vocabulary in speaking in the hotel context for the tenth-grade students of the Hospitality Program at SMKN 3 Malang. The procedures were carried out in seven steps: (1) identifying the classroom problems, (2) reviewing recent theories of educational product development, (3) developing the educational products, (4) reviewing the product, (5) validating the products to experts and revised according to get quality assurance, (6) small scale try-out and revised based on the result of the try-out, and (7) publishing the final product. The students learn the vocabulary through three activities, namely watching the learning video (listening and repeating the dialog and knowing the vocabulary), doing the exercises, and reading the summary. The product provides six videos based on the basic competence of Introducing Oneself and Others, Congratulating and Complimenting Others, Expressing Intentions, Describing Tourism and Historical Places, and Giving Announcement. The context was adjusted to hospitality context. The validity result of this product is 95%, which means applicable and suitable.