Randwick International of Education and Linguistics
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): RIELS Journal, March

Identifying Student’s Interests through Courses at English Department of Universitas Prima Indonesia

Azizah Husda (Universitas Prima Indonesia)
Lisna Kristina Eka Pandiangan (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia)
Friska Naomi Sirait (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia)
Nopita Kristina Panjaitan (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Mar 2022

Abstract

This study aims to analyze students' interests in towards courses at English Department of Universitas Prima Indonesia in Medan. This qualitative study uses a case study design involving 60 students in the 5th semester of the Academic Year 2018 as participants. Data are obtained through questionnaires and interviews, thus the results showed that students have higher interests in the courses of teaching and education than other variety of courses taught in the English Department. The second interest was found in language skill courses. The reasons were to determine their future goals as teachers as well as the major program decision. Students argued that the majors they chose were following their interests, but some students were still unsure about the majors and interests they had chosen. This study suggests that lecturers should motivate the students to strengthen their competences particularly to identify the students’ interests in teaching or any other goals.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

rielsj

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

RIELS Journal publishes research papers in the fields such as: - Education (all levels, stages and processes of education (e.g. formal, informal, non-formal, early childhood, lifelong, schooling, adult education, vocational education and training, higher education), research in language teaching, ...