DESIGNING A NEEDS-BASED ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE ISLAMIC EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT STAI AL AQIDAH AL HASYIMIYYAH JAKARTA

Abstract

This research aims at designing a Needs-Based English Syllabus for undergraduate Islamic education study program. This study used Research and Development (R&D) modified model of Dick and Carey which employs three stages to design the Needs-Based English syllabus by doing needs analysis, developing the syllabus and validating the syllabus. The findings reveals that the topics, learning objectives, materials, learning activities and assessments in the existing syllabus related with the Islamic education study program do not appear nor represent the language needs of the undergraduate Islamic education study program at STAI Al Aqidah Al Hasyimiyyah. Therefore, the description in terms of the topics, learning objectives, materials, learning activities and assessments available in the expected syllabus are developed. The final design of the syllabus is the Needs-Based English Syllabus for Islamic education study program is resulted from the integration of two kinds of syllabus namely content-based syllabus and skill-based syllabus with the format that are made up of topics, learning objectives, materials, learning activities and assessments that represent the tasks that should be in line with the topics and learning objectives which are relevant with undergraduate Islamic education study program.

Keywords: Syllabus; Needs; Needs-based Syllabus; Islamic Education Study Program; Undergraduate, Al Aqidah Al Hasyimiyyah