The English Needs of Islamic Studies Learners: ESP Speaking Course Model

DOI

10.2991/iccd-19.2019.147How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Need analysis, Islamic studies, course design.

Abstract

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has attracted experts in the educational field as an effective program to learn English at tertiary level. Need Analysis (NA) serves as the determinant factor for successful ESP program. This research aims at exploring students’ needs in speaking course in the Faculty of Islamic Studies at University of Muhammadiyah Malang Indonesia. This research highlights on students’ level of mastery upon 11 English speaking skills and its urgency of mastering those skills. A quantitative study involving a questionnaire distribution was implemented in this current research. The result reveals that the respondents were lack in the skills set in a formal situation; meanwhile, they were more competent with daily-used skills. Also, it was revealed that the urgency to learn the skills including ‘the not specific skill’ was significant, as 67% to 83% of the respondents want to be competent in the skills now. In another word, it is found that the students required ESP and GE for a short-term goal. Thus, the finding of this research suggests that in ESP course, teachers are expected to infuse more speaking skills situated in a formal setting in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) with a mixture of General English (GE). To shed a light on the course, a model of ESP speaking course design is formulated.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rafika Rabba Farah
AU  - Puji Sumarsono
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - The English Needs of Islamic Studies Learners: ESP Speaking Course Model
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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