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English for Professional Training Classes: When the Online Classroom and the Work Field are in one Corporation Ika Fitriani; Pusfika Rayuningtya
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v9i2.37075

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Bridging background knowledge and present issues or demand, as well as preparing students for facing the future need to have pivotal positions during the teaching and learning process.  Particularly in the context of teaching students who are working while pursuing higher study, the process of teaching and learning English for professional classes has its challenges both for teachers and students.  EFL classrooms, then, should be able to bring contextual meaning through suitable materials, activities, and assessments. This present study is a retrospective study that elaborates on how an online professional English training class in STT STIKMA Malang was conducted based on the students’ work to match the students’ needs. It was found out that the use of work-based materials blended with the current issues is found to be effective to promote the students’ critical thinking during the teaching and learning process. The work-based activities assessments are also able to increase students’ online participation throughout the process of the language classroom. Furthermore, from the study, it was also found that students also give positive responses due they can link the English language learned in the class with the specific work that the students have.
Pre-Course Inquiries Ika Fitriani; Akhmad Zainur Ridla; Rizki Febri Andika Hudori
Pioneer: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 15 No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Faculty of Letters, Universitas Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36841/pioneer.v15i1.2924

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Need analysis is a pivotal process prior to starting any courses in order to get initial classroom mapping about students’ needs and expectations. This current study aims to describe the result of need analysis conducted prior to the course of Bahasa Inggris for nursing students. The method employed is descriptive quantitative using data that were collected through questionnaires distributed to the students who are taking Bahasa Inggris course in the odd semester 2022/2023. The results show several points, such as the students belonged to the beginner to intermediate level of English users who merely used English in the classroom contexts. The most challenging language skill is speaking, yet they have had learning awareness to acquire all the language skills in the targeted language. The students also propose some criteria of good teaching materials, learning activities, as well as assessment forms. Finally, the result of this current study can be one of the considerations or the basis for future learning designers, course facilitators, and institutions to design the course which meets the students’ needs.