Student-teachers’ instructional materials development in promoting active learning for teaching internship program of English Teacher Education Department at Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya

Student-teachers need to be prepared to fully plan and develop good instructional materials before they become teachers in the future. Teacher should take initiative in developing instructional materials since they are considered as important components in teaching and learning process; yet, its availability is still lacking. In developing good instructional materials, there are processes to be taken and principles to be looked up as the guidance in developing the instructional materials. Instructional materials that have been developed should also be able to promote active learning in class as what K13 encourage to do so. This study explores student-teachers’ instructional materials development looking at both process and the product itself which is instructional material. This study also describes the instructional materials made by student-teachers in promoting active learning process. This study used qualitative-descriptive method in attempt to answer the research questions. Four student-teachers that have had their teaching internship program (PPL 2) in different state senior high schools in Sidoarjo were taken as the subject. Their instructional materials and lesson plans’ copies were taken and they were also interviewed. This study found that selection and adding material are two most applied process in developing instructional materials. However, the products in form of instructional materials do not occupy every principles of instructional materials development. The most occupied features in student-teachers’ instructional materials are authenticity and variety of text types. Whereas the involvement of most used instructional material, which is power point presentation, in active learning process can be seen in three activities: questioning and discussion, cooperative learning, and games.