Designing Materials Using CBI for English for Adult Learners in Petra Christian University

Petra Christian University (PCU) has a vision to be a caring and global university with a commitment to Christian values. In order to be a global university, PCU has to equip its staff so that they can speak to international students and the staff from the international partners. One of the facilities provided by the university is by taking an English course. However, they cannot take the General English course because it will take them years to learn English. New materials should be designed in order to fulfill the needs of the staff to speak English. Thus, a team is formed to design the materials. In designing the materials, the team considered the use of content-based instruction as the most appropriate framework to cater the needs of the staff. This paper will discuss how the team designs the materials and how the use of CBI in the materials helps the staff to improve their speaking skills