Designing Needs Analysis-Based English Training Materials For Tourist Drivers As A Means Of Transportation Service In Yogyakarta

this research aimed at Designing Needs Analysis-Based English Training Materials for Tourist
Drivers as a Means of Transportation Service in Yogyakarta. It was a multi-design research granted by the
directorate of higher education. It focuses on designing English training materials especially for foreign tourist
drivers (FTD) by using cultural language learning approach (CLLA) in order to preserve Javanese culture as one
of Yogyakarta’s missions defined in its 2004-2025 long-term development. It involved 40 FTD as participants
through taxonomic ADDIE procedure which included: (1) analysis (on the FTD needs), (2) designing (prototype
of English for Foreign Tourist Drivers/EFTD), (3) developing and (4) implementing (the designed prototype),
and (5) evaluating (the developed EFTD). This project found as follows. First, the needs of the FTD was
English for survival needs program for false-begining level. Second, based on the results of implementation
(training) conducted cyclicaly, EFTD was judged as training materials especially for FTD. Third, the result of
evaluation towards the designed product showed that EFTD was significantly able to improve FTD’s English
competence. Based on such findings, EFTD is recommended to use as a training materials for FTD who
particularly domicile in Yogyakarta.