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An ESP needs analysis for management students: Indonesian context Yulia, Henny; Agustiani, Merie
Indonesian Educational Administration and Leadership Journal (IDEAL) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Indonesian Educational Administration and Leadership Journal
Publisher : Program Studi Adminsitrasi Pendidikan Universitas Jambi

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Need analysis is an essential part for teachers who teach English for specific purposes. Through need analysis, teachers can determine an effective course design which is suitable for learners’ reasons of learning. This study was conducted to find out the needs of Management students, Economic Faculty of Baturaja University, in learning English. In gathering the data, the researchers distributed a questionnaire, adapted from Hutchinson and Waters, to the thirty students who were chosen randomly. From the data, it was obtained that 56.52% of learners’ goal in learning English is for their future job career. Then, 73.21 % of the learners admitted that they were still in beginner level and 43.47% had difficulties in Speaking. They expected that by having English course, they will have better verbal communication that enables them to speak with colleague fluently. Furthermore, it was also found that learners want some varied activities. The result of this study will become a valuable input for lecturer in designing an appropriate teaching material for the learners.
A Content Analysis of Reading Materials in Textbook Pathway to English For Tenth Graders Publsihed by Erlangga at Man Baturaja Yulia, Henny; Agustiani, Merie
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

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This study is mainly to find out whether the English textbook used for the tenth grade students of Senior high School entitled Pathway to English for Senior HighSchool Grade X published by Erlangga is compatible or not with the indicators ofreading evaluation checklist suggested by Munir. This study was designed as a content analysis in the form of descriptive qualitative research. Reading materials that had been analyzed in this study were 16 text based on 2013 curriculum in tenth grades. Also, the genre that have been chosen to analyzed this study based on 2013 curriculum, its’ were descriptive text, recount text and narrative text. In textbook Pathway to English, there were 5 descriptive texts, 5 recount texts, and 6 narrative texts. The result showed that Pathway to English for Senior High SchoolGrade X have fulfilled the criteria of a good reading material suggested by Munirwith achieving the average fulfillment score of 71.66% with fulfillment score of 93.75% for aspect of content, 81.25% for aspect of skill, 20% for aspect of vocabulary and 91.66% for aspects of exercises and activities. It was then recommended that teachers need to modify the tasks and activities in textbook Pathway to English which did not fulfilled the criteria of poor reading material inthe area of vocabulary aspects.