Designing English Syllabus for Multilingual Students at Pesantren Schools

The complicated language curricula adopted by pesantren schools in Indonesia led to the overlapping and unwell-arranged of the English course material. Therefore, this study attempted at exploring the students' need for designing the English syllabus to the multilingual students. This study emp...

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Published inAsian EFL journal (Busan) Vol. 23; no. 3.3; p. 5
Main Authors Bin-Tahir, Saidna Zulfiqar, Suriaman, Aminah, Rinantanti, Yulini
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Busan Time Taylor Publishing 01.05.2019
Subjects
Educational activities
English as a second language
Multilingualism
Questionnaires
Schools
Students
Indonesia
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Summary:The complicated language curricula adopted by pesantren schools in Indonesia led to the overlapping and unwell-arranged of the English course material. Therefore, this study attempted at exploring the students' need for designing the English syllabus to the multilingual students. This study employed the research and development (R&D) approach using the model of Borg & Gall. The instruments used in collecting data were the questionnaire of need analysis and interview with 90 students which selected randomly from three of pesantren schools (Pesantren Modern IMMIM, Pesantren Pondok Madinah, and Pesantren Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Gombara) in Makassar, Indonesia. The data have been analyzed descriptively using SWOT analysis to identify the internal and external critical factors seen as an important to achieve the objective. The results found that the English syllabus for the multilingual students will be designed by adjusting the multilingual material to the existing language syllabi. It will be different in some of the competencies, types of language, the content of the topics and the context of dialogues, learning activities, and exercises. It mostly focused on verbal and listening skills, while writing and reading were the complement skills. These findings will contribute further to develop the lesson plan and course book for language learning at pesantren schools.
ISSN:1738-1460