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Institute of Tourism and International Business’ Lecturer Obtained a Doctoral Degree in the Linguistics Doctoral Program Faculty of Humanities Udayana University
Lecturers at the Institute of Tourism and International Business succeeded in obtaining a doctoral degree in the Linguistics Doctoral Program, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University through an open examination on Tuesday, July 9 2024 in Dr. Ir. Sukarno. The student named Ni Luh Supartini, S.Pd., M.Pd. was declared graduated with the title of “With Honor” (cum laude). Ni Luh Supartini, S.Pd., M.Pd. is the 213th doctoral graduate at the Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University and the 233rd doctoral graduate in the Linguistics Program. The open exam was also attended by the Rector of IPB International, Dr. I Made Sudjana, SE., M.M. and Dansat Brimob Polda Bali.
The dissertation being tested was entitled "Development of Teaching Materials for English Speaking Skills for Tour Guide Students". This dissertation answers the needs for teaching materials and English speaking skills in the field of tour guides required in the tourism study program. This dissertation also develops teaching materials for English speaking skills for tour guide students. In addition, this dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of English teaching materials for speaking skills in the field of tour guides that have been developed.
This dissertation found that the obstacles faced by students were difficulties in explaining cultural terms using English and the teaching materials used did not meet the competency standards that students had to achieve. The development of teaching materials for English speaking skills in the field of tour guides is a culture-based teaching material design with the introduction of the concept of storynomics communication strategies. The effectiveness of teaching materials for speaking skills was proven to be effective after being tested on students in the learning process. The results of the t test score were 0.000 and the N-Gain was 0.58, which indicated that there were significant differences in student learning outcomes and the teaching materials were proven to be quite effective in learning English in the tourist guiding field.
The theoretical findings in this research are that the design of culture-based teaching materials and storynomics communication strategies in learning English for tour guides can help overcome problems in the learning process to improve students' speaking skills. Cultural knowledge is an important element that students must master in developing speaking skills in the field of tour guiding. The story being told can be described in terms of form and function so that cultural values can still be accepted by the listener. The practical findings in this research are a culture-based textbook used in learning English in the field of tour guides.
Prof. Dr. I Nengah Sudipa, M.A. as the promoter said that psycholinguistically, an arrangement will be successful if there are 3 elements, namely propensity, language faculty and also access. "These three things are important for developing teaching materials and this dissertation is successful in applying them in its empirical findings." Concluded Prof. Sudipa. (Agt)
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