Moodle-Based Speaking Learning Model

Abstract

This study is aimed to developing a Moodle-based speaking learning model for Students of Technology Department at Teacher Training and Education Higher School of Muhammadiyah Kuningan. Moodle is one of the Learning Management System. It is developed by lecturers in making teaching and learning well. The English materials given is English for Specific Purposes. It tends to the English learning given to the non-English department students. Teaching ESP is started by diagnosing the situations of class by means of need analysis based on Dudley-Evans and St. John’s Model. Dudley-Evans and St John’s model consists of seven aspects; personal information about learners, language information about target situation, learners’ lack, learners’ needs from course, language learning needs, how to communicate in the target situation, and professional information about learners. The steps are based on Borg and Gall’s model. The steps are collecting data, planning, developing first draft of product, testing the developed product, revising the developed product and revising the final draft of product. The data is collected by questionnaire, interview, group discussion, observation, documentation, and speaking test. Quantitative and qualitative are used in analyzing data. The result of this research is the effectiveness of learning speaking by using Moodle. Theexperimental research is used to investigate the effectiveness of Moodle in learning. It indicates that the Moodle-based Speaking Learning Model improves the students’ speaking skill at ESP Lecture for the Students of Teacher Training and Education Higher School of Muhammadiyah Kuningan.