IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL OF MIGRANT WORKER CANDIDATES USING FELM

Delivered by:Hermayawati

UNIVERSITY OF MERCU BUANA YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

October 2012

UNEMPLOMENT ISSUE

OTHER ISSUES

Unskilled Job Seekers

In doing the jobs;

in using the target language;

Mostly of the job seekers had low level of education/dropped out.

PARTNER’S ISSUES IN THE PROJECT

The understudied area (Moyudan District) had to realize its regencial vision i.e increasing the people’s welfare started in 2010.

But in facts the unemployment rate was still relatively high and need immediate solution.

There were 6.109 unemployed men and 5.293 women, mostly of them eager to work abroads with their limited bargaining positions.

LOCATION OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT

PROJECT’S PROCEDURES

2. MoU in Getting Solution

3. English Training

1. Need’s Exploration

5. Dissemination The project’s outputs

4. Improvement of English Speaking Competency

COVER OF FELM

Suggested Solution

No. Lang. Learning Aspects

Functional English Languge Module/Textbook

1. Discourse Authentics Dialogues, Monologues appropriately with the goals and the target need’s Analysis

2. Linguistics Aspects

Focuses on fulfilling the trainee’s needs, i.e speaking skill involving structure asect, vocabulary, pronunciation,accuracy, and listening comprehension

3. Semantics Aspects

Mostly of vocabulary were accessed from the conventional module currently used integratedly and contextually by referring the concept of Minimum-adequate Vocabulary (for survival life only). Wilkins, 1987

4. Pragmatics Aspects/Culture

The pragmatics and cultural aspects related to the target language learning were designed embeddedly within the discourses

5. Language Skills 4 skills but more focused on speaking skill involving structure, vocabulary, pronunciation, accuracy / fluency and listening comprehension

6. Networking There were links within each of the concepts and the contents by using “imparting and seeking factual informations” language function category which perfomed sequentIy in each of the unit

7. Structured Summaries

Learning materials was designed sequently from the easiest to the more difficult; easy to the more complicated; completed with language focus and sentence patterns that might be used as the basic understanding of the target language meaning for the trainees.

8. Module’s/Book’s Profile

Materials content was designed interestingly for the users i.e. in the form of authentics dialogues completed by illustrations which help the users to understand the given materials easily.

OPENING CEREMONY CONTINUED BY PRETEST

LANGUAGE PRACTICE ACTIVITIES

SPEAKING PRACTICE IN PAIRS