Literary Work as Teaching Materials:A Study of Students and Lecturers Needs Analysis
Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Muhammad Asfah Rahman, Haryanto Atmowardoyo, Kisman Salija, Andi Asrifan
Abstract
— The orientation of learning English in higher education is to prepare professionals students andskilled workers who have language skills applicants for job positions in the public and private sectors.Looking at the above phenomenon, English lecturers in higher education are expected to have the ability toanalyze student needs so that they can design appropriate teaching and learning processes, especially inEnglish language skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) and components in English (Grammar& Vocabulary). The purpose of this study is to identify some factual information about the needs of highereducation students in learning English and analyze the suitability of the content in English textbooks withstudents in higher education in terms of student needs (students' needs). The participants of this course werethe first semester students of Education Study Program in the 2017/2018 academic year total fifty-twostudents and three English lecturers. The descriptive qualitative data of this study were obtained by doing aninterview and distributing a questionnaire to the participants. The data obtained were about the problemsusually faced by the students and the needs or preferences during the English language course at AlAsyariah Mandar University of Indonesia. The data from the needs analysis were used to design the syllabusand to develop the materials. The data finding in this study shows most of the students and lecturers believeby using literary work film, song, short story, poem, novel and drama improve their English competence inlearning English as a foreign language.