Teaching Material Development Based on German Literature for Lesen Course in German Literature Study Program

Abstract

The purpose of teaching a foreign language is to help students in improving their skill in oral and written communication. One of language skills that needs to be improved is reading skill. In German Literature study program, reading skill is gained in Lesen course. Lesen 1 course is a basic skill course for German Literature students in Universitas Negeri Surabaya, and it is compulsory to be taken by the students in their first semester of their study. This study is qualitative, which involved college students in German literature study program. For collecting the data, German literature texts are used. In results, the material development which used literature-based guides and helps the students to be better according to the German literature competency. Those texts help the students to improve their reading skill, grammatical skill, cultural understanding, and even their imagination. A good and appropriate literary text for Lesen 1 course is the one with a simple and basic structure such as Praesens, Perfekt, and Praeterium. If there is a text that is too complicated, then it needs to be simplified first to adjust the students' ability.