DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR MIDWIFE’S STUDENTS AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

This research is a development research with the aim of developing an English
syllabus based on a communicative approach aimed for midwife’s students at
Bengkulu University. Needs analysis is used in this study to determine the English
language needs of midwife’s students. The instruments used in this study were
questionnaires and interviews. The research population was midwife’s students at
the Bengkulu University, midwifery lecturers, English lecturers, and midwives at
the Bentiring Permai Public Health Center. The first sampling technique was
random sampling for 50 midwife’s students, the second technique used total
sampling for 1 midwifery lecturer, 1 English lecturer and 2 midwives at the
Bentiring Permai Health Center. The results of the data analysis showed that
speaking skills is the skill most needed by midwife’s students. Based on the
results of the data analysis, the researchers designed a syllabus based on a
communicative approach that had been validated by the validator.
Key words : syllabus development, communicative English syllabus