DEVELOPING READING MATERIALS OF PROCEDURE TEXTS FOR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF BEAUTY PROGRAM AT SMK NEGERI 8 MEDAN

The objective of this study is to develop suitable procedure text materials for reading skill, for
Beauty program students. It was found that procedure text materials provided in the students’
textbook were not suitable to the needs and interests of Beauty program students. This
research was conducted based on educational research and development (R&D) through six
steps, namely: gathering data, analyzing data, developing procedure text materials, validating
procedure text materials, revising procedure text materials and final product. There some
instruments that were applied in this research namely questionnaire and interview .The subject
of this study was XI Grade of Beauty program. Based on the needs analysis conducted there
were 4 procedure texts related to Beauty program developed. The researcher developed the
text by selecting and adapting relevant procedure texts related to Beauty program from
internet and book as the sources. Then, the selected texts were adapted based on the principles
of materials development in order to present well organized suitable procedure text materials.
These developed procedure text materials had been validated by two experts and the average
score gotten is 4.07. It is categorized “Good” since the mean is within the interval 3.40 < ̅ ≤
4.19. It means that the developed procedure text materials for reading skill are suitable for the
eleventh grade students of Beauty program.