DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS BASED ON LOCAL CONTENT FOR GRADE TEN STUDENTS OF SMAN 2 TANJUNGBALAI

This study dealt with the development of English Reading Materials of Senior High School in Tanjungbalai. The objectives of this study were : (1) to know the existing English reading materials for students of SMAN 2 Tanjungbalai, and (2) to investigate the relevant English supplementary reading materials for the students of SMAN 2 Tanjungbalai, and (3) to develop appropriate English supplementary reading materials based on local content in Tanjungbalai. The research was conducted at SMAN 2 Tanjungbalai. The research procedures of this study were Research and Development (R & D) that were done through three phases: 1) evaluation and need analysis, 2) materials design, and 3) materials validation. The instruments used in this research were documentary sheet, questionnaire sheet and interview sheet. The data from evaluation and need analysis were analyzed by using descriptive technique and the data from expert judgment results were analyzed using quantitative data analysis. The result of this study was a course book of local content-based reading materials which consist of 3 genres in which each genre consists of 2 texts complete with the tasks or exercises. Based on the experts’ judgment resultS, the score was 87. 5 which belonged to good category based on Dirgeyasa (2011), since the range is (70-89).