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Vocational High School Students’ Learning Difficulty in ESP Risa Arroyyani; Maryani Maryani
Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching Vol 11 No 1 (2025): Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Sintuwu Maroso

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As part of English for Specific Purposes, English for nursing presents challenges and obstacles that cannot be overlooked. The difficulties experienced by students in learning English in the classroom significantly affect the success of their mastery of the language. This study aims to identify the difficulties faced by Vocational High School students in learning English for Specific Purposes, particularly in the nursing major. This research is a qualitative descriptive study using research instruments obtained from questionnaires and interviews. The respondents of this study are 26 students from the 12th grade of vocational high school, specializing in nursing. The research instruments include questionnaires and structured interviews. Out of the 26 students, two students participated in follow-up interviews to support the data from the questionnaires. The findings indicate that the students’ difficulties are in both internal and external factors. The internal factors include difficulties in linguistic aspects such as pronunciation, reading, vocabulary, speaking, grammar, translation, as well as psychological aspects such as anxiety. External factors include difficulties related to teaching methods and materials.
A Descriptive Study of the Development Stage in Producing a Text-to-Speech Nursing English Audio Book Risa Arroyyani; Maryani Maryani; Pipin Nurhayati
Journal of Innovation Research and Knowledge Vol. 6 No. 3 (2026): Agustus 2026
Publisher : Bajang Institute

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This study describes the development stage of producing a text-to-speech-based English for Nursing audiobook, to continue previous research of designing situational syllabus conducted within the framework of the ADDIE model. A descriptive qualitative approach is employed in this study, specifically documenting the production process during the development stage. The process involved at this stage consists of drafting and revising the dialogue script, compiling a vocabulary list and functional expressions, audio production using Natural Reader text-to-speech, editing, and presenting the final result. The content of the audiobook is structured based on the target learners' language proficiency at the CEFR Independent User B1 level. The development process for the English for Nursing audiobook resulted in audio files lasting 20–25 minutes for each chapter, with each chapter divided into five sub-sections: Introduction, Reading Text, Dialogue, Simple Expressions and Vocabulary Enrichment, and Exercise.