DEVELOPING CASE METHOD BASED COURSE MATERIALS ON CULTURE IN ELT SUBJECT FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM Christine Helena Natalia, Khairunnisa Br. Batubara, Yuni Khairina
English Education Study Program, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia
Abstract
This study was aimed at developing case method-based course material on English Culture on ELT subject for English Education Study Program at UNIMED. It was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) design. The subjects of the study were 25 students of the fourth semester from3 classes (C, D E) of the English Education Study Program at UNIMED. The research procedures were adapted from Borg and Gall^s research theory (1983) namely gathering data and information, need analysis, designing course material, validating and evaluating new course material by the Experts, revising the course material and final product. The instruments to collect the data were a questionnaire, interview, and expert judgment questionnaire. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The product of this study was English Culture on ELT course materials for the English Education Study Program based on the case method which consists of seven units. Based on the expert judgment, the whole aspects of developed materials were in the range of 81-100% and can be categorized as ^very good^.
Keywords: Case Method, Course Materials, Culture, ELT
