The Effectiveness of the English Language Teaching Materials for Halal Tourism

As halal tourism possesses distinctive features, students majoring in this subject need to be taught using specialized English materials tailored to develop their proficiency in the field. This study aims to discover the effectiveness of the English teaching materials specialized in halal tourism in enhancing the academic performance and motivation of students in the tourism department. This study involved 31 second-year students who enrolled in English courses. A pre-experimental research design, in the form of the one group pre-test–post-test, was employed in this study. The data were collected through tests and questionnaires, and the data analysis was conducted using SPSS. The results of descriptive statistics analysis indicated that the students mean score on the post-test (75.35) was higher than students mean score on the pre-test score (62.80). From the results of t -test using pair sample t -test analysis, it was known that the t -count (19.903) was greater than the t -table (1.97852), with a significance level of α = 0.05 indicating that the English teaching material specialized in halal tourism was effective in increasing the students’ achievement. The result of questionnaire also showed that the English teaching materials specialized in halal tourism can enhance students’ motivation in learning English.