Dr. Sultan Baa , Dr. Samsidar, M. Ed.
Dr. Sultan is a senior lecturer at the English Department, Faculty of
Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar, Indonesia. He
completed his PhD in Bilingual Education at the School of Arts, Victoria
University Australia. His research interests are bilingual
education/CLIL, language policy, TESOL/TEFL, and applied linguistics.
This is a research and developmental study (R&D) which aims to develop English lesson plan and student worksheet using content-based instruction (CBI) approach for Grade X students of vocational senior secondary schools (SMKs) in South Sulawesi Province. The developmental model applied in this study was Borg&Gall model (1989). The study involved English teachers and students of vocational senior secondary schools (SMKs) in Makassar and Gowa. This study is designed for three years (2015-2017). In the first year (2015), the study focused on designing these teaching materials (lesson plan and student worksheet). The teaching materials that had been designed in the first year (2015) were implemented in the second year (2016). The study reported in this paper was the result of the implementation stage, which was the students and teachers’ perceptions on the new teaching material designs obtained through observation, students and teachers’ interviews. Some of the key findings were: (i) most of the English teachers at vocational senior secondary schools in the sample schools claimed that they have not known about the approach before introduced in this current study; (ii) the teachers still experienced difficulties in applying this approach; (iii) most of the students believed that in general this approach increased their interests in studying English; (iv) in addition this also increased their motivation. However, the students also complained about the teachers’ abilities in implementing the approach in the classroom. Detailed findings will be presented and their implications discussed. Keywords: material development, English subject, vocational school, content-based instruction
