scholarly journals English Material Needs of Accounting Students: An English for Specific Purposes Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Production ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Essential Components

AbstractThe appropriateness of teaching materials is one of the essential components in gaining the maximum input of knowledge to achieve the success of a language learning. In terms of teaching English for specific purposes, the contextualized material is a prerequisite to encourage the learners’ productivity in using the language. Therefore, the present study sheds light on English teaching material needs of accounting students at IAIN Surakarta and the challenges that accounting students face to fulfil the needs. Descriptive qualitative was employed in this study by administering Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and web-based survey to the first-year accounting students who had finished English for Specific Purposes course as the participants. Semi-structured interview was also conducted with the English lecturers and the head of accounting department to enrich the data. The data were analysed by transcribing the results of FGD and semi-structured interview and describing the questionnaire results as data triangulation. The findings of this study showed that contextual English teaching materials are strongly needed by accounting students to enhance their language production. Moreover, there are some insights from the participants related to the ideal teaching materials for accounting students. These findings offer practical insights in designing a representative teaching material for accounting students to equip them with outstanding language skills in accounting field. 

scholarly journals NEEDS ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AT POLITEKNIK GIHON

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Wiwik Damanik ◽  
Erika Sinambela ◽  
Arsen Nahum Pasaribu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Need Analysis

The needs analysis cannot be separated from the development of materials and curriculum design for language learning, especially ESP. The research about ESP, especially the topic of need analysis still needs to be explored. Thus, this research aims to identify language skills needed and develop English teaching materials at Politeknik Gihon. The subjects of this study were 45 ongoing students and six former students. The result of the study revealed the perceptions of the students’ needs for their current studies and future career and how the English material should be designed in this institution. This study contributes in developing the teaching material and proposed a redesigned of ESP course.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS: AN ESP APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Novrika Nartiningrum ◽  
Arif Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Material Development ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Need Analysis

The contextualization of teaching materials with learners’ needs is an absolute demand to achieve the success of a language learning. For this purpose, the present study aims to develop representative English materials for accounting students at IAIN Surakarta. Drawing on a research and development, this study was based on procedures adapted from Latief (2014), which followed several stages (1) need analysis; (2) prototype development; (3) experts validation; (4) field test/try-out; (5) product revision; and (6) dissemination and implementation. A questionnaire, focus group discussion, and semi-structured interview were employed to gather the data on students’ needs and material feedbacks from 147 accounting students, 3 English teachers, and the head of accounting department at IAIN Surakarta. The results revealed that the students needed English materials that were closely related to accounting and business field. This study also resulted in a developed modul consisting of eight units, each unit presents reading, speaking, and writing skills that were contextualized with the students’ needs. These results have filled the existing gap of providing representative materials to assist the students to develop their language skills in accounting and business environment.Keywords: English for Accounting, Material Development, Need Analysis, Research and Development

scholarly journals A Study of Language Anxiety among English Language Learners in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badia Muntazer Hakim
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Language Anxiety ◽  
Self Awareness

Classroom anxiety is a recurrent phenomenon for language learners. There are various factors that cause language anxiety, the most common of which include learners’ excessive self-consciousness and self-awareness concerning their oral reproduction and performance and their peculiar, and quite often misplaced and mistaken, views and beliefs regarding different approaches. Other potential reasons for this problem could include the fear, and the consequent deterrence occasioned thereof, of encountering difficulties in language learning, specifically learners’ individual problems regarding the culture of the target language and the varying social statuses of speakers. The most important fear is, perhaps, the deterrent fear of causing damage to one’s self-identity. Therefore, while needing to paying special attention to language learners’ anxiety reactions, language teachers have a crucial role in helping their students achieve the expected performance goals in the target language. Another factor that could potentially lead to language anxiety is simply the poor command of the target language. This problem could be attributed to linguistic barriers and obstacles language learners encounter in learning and using the target language. In the current study, using a qualitative, semi-structured interview and the focus-group discussion technique, the researcher aims to investigate the factors that contribute to language anxiety among Arab language learners. It focuses on learners both within the classroom setting and without, i.e. in the social context, and recommends a number of approaches to manage and overcome this problem.

scholarly journals Needs Analysis of Agricultural English Teaching in an Indonesian Islamic Higher Education Context

Tamaddun ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yunus ◽  
Sitti Halijah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Learning English

The research is the development of Agricultural English teaching materials at Universitas Muslim Indonesia. The purposes of this research are to (1) produce a type of Agricultural English teaching material suitable to be used by the students of Faculty of Agriculture UMI and to (2) discover why the students are learning English. The method used is research and development. The research site was at the Faculty of Agriculture UMI with the number of 50 respondents. The results showed that based on the student responses, 12 out of 42 topics occupy the highest percentage needed for Agricultural English teaching materials. Those 12 topics are as follows: rice, tomatoes, chili,  shallots, eggplant, papaya, rambutan, coconut, coffee, land, disease pest, and seeds. Then, the purposes of the students learning English can be categorized into two major groups, namely to anticipate competition in the workplace where the ability to communicate both oral and written is needed and to prepare themselves in the academic field both to complete S1 (undergraduate degree)  and to continue their studies S2 (master degree).

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR AKUNTANSI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN DI KELAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-215
Author(s):  
Henny Zurika Lubis ◽  
◽  
Nina Ismaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Students ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Addie Model

This study aims to develop accounting teaching materials and to see the feasibility of teaching materials in improving the quality of classroom learning on the subject matter of the accounting cycle of service companies. This research is a development research adapted from the ADDIE model. There are 5 stages, namely: 1. Analysis (Analysis), 2. Design (Design), 3. Development (Development), 4. Implementation (Implementation), 5. Evaluation (Evaluation). Validation was carried out by material experts, media experts and assessments from class X accounting students of Ar-Rahman Medan Private Vocational School. Based on the assessment of material 1 on the feasibility of teaching materials for accounting books, the average score is 3.87 with the "Eligible" category, and the material expert orders 2 obtained an average score of 4.20 in the "Eligible" category, an indication of media experts is obtained on average. amounting to 4.00 in the "Eligible" category. Students' assumptions about accounting book teaching materials show an average of 4.45 with the category "Very Appropriate". Thus, the teaching material for the Accounting Service Company Cycle book is declared "Feasible" to be used as an accounting learning medium in improving the quality of learning.

scholarly journals Teaching Material for Human Literacy: Multicultural-Charged Explanatory Text for Reducing Social Conflict

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Zulaeha ◽  
Wagiran Wagiran ◽  
Tomi Yuniawan
Keyword(s):  
Social Conflict ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Material Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Explanatory Text ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
The One

Languageisasocialphenomenonthatisnotseparatefromthespeakercommunity.The existence of text represents the speaker in various interaction functions. This research was conducted to produce Indonesian language material with multicultural content to reduce social conflict in the younger generation and optimize the implementation of the 2013 curriculum. The subject of this research is teaching materials for explanatory textsinwhichtherearerealmulticulturalvaluesinsociety.Researchdatawascollected through a focus group discussion between researchers and a number of Indonesian languageteachers.Thedevelopmentofafactualmodelwascarriedoutbyresearchers with a team of Indonesian Language lecturers with reference to the findings of the theoretical teaching material model. Indonesian teaching materials with multicultural content in reducing social conflict in the younger generation are developed in aspects of content, language, and presentation. The diversity of the Indonesian nation on the one hand has a positive value, but on the other hand it stores negative values that are unavoidable as innovations in the aspect of content. The diversity of the Indonesian peopleturnedouttobevulnerabletoactsofviolenceduetosocialconflict,especially intheyoungergeneration.Multiculturalawarenessisneededontheyounggeneration of Indonesia through learning Indonesian as a form of humanist literacy.

scholarly journals Mini Texts: A Fusion of Grammar, Communication and Vocabulary Development in CLT (Communicative Language Teaching)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
R. K. P. Shrestha ◽  
Pooja Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Oral Performance ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Grammatical Competence ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Language Input

Rich and adequate input is the first and foremost condition for perfect language learning, other important things come later in order to achieve the goal of developing communicative competence in a language learning process in an EFL or ESL setting. In this context, Communicative Language Learning (CLT) is still the most prevalent approach of English language learning/teaching field both in ESL and EFL settings. In EFL settings CLT is adopted nowadays with some  reservations. One solution to the drawbacks of CLT is "mini texts" in order to provide rich and adequate language input as they subsume grammar, communication, and most importantly, adequate vocabulary development. Objectives: The main objective is to critically assess the role of mini texts in order to provide rich and adequate language input for language learning. Method: Collaborative action research design was adopted to assess the outcome of teaching "mini texts" under improved communicative approach. Brief written and oral performance tests of class ten students were used as the tools of evaluation. Purposive sampling was used for the selection of thirty schools in three districts of the Kathmandu Valley whereas random sampling was used to select the respondent students of mixed ability for the written and oral performance test. The test items for the test were easy enough to be answered by average students of even lower classes. The test items were based on fixed criteria: different elements of grammatical competence to write and speak correctly, and also on some essential aspects of informal colloquial English used in fast spoken English. Pre-test and Post test were administered in order to compare the result of the traditional teaching with the outcome of the new method teaching with "mini texts" as the primary teaching material to provide optimal and quality language input to the students. Result: The over-all result of the test shows that the learning outcome, in general, is rather frustrating. Let alone government schools where most of the students belong to lower-class unprivileged families, even in private schools, or rather in so called A grade private schools, the condition of the English proficiency from the viewpoint of grammatical competence is rather frustrating. Surprisingly, not a single school could obtain even pass marks whereas same students secure good marks in their national level SEE exam.Conclusion: The current English teaching practice in Nepalese schools is deficient in (i) optimal quality language input, and (ii) suitable teaching methods to produce desirable outcome of English teaching for better learning outcome or better communicative proficiency. Mini texts have come out as an appropriate teaching material to be experimented on a large scale as they subsume essential, grammar points, essential vocabulary stock and also communication-oriented practice exercises.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING CHARACTER EDUCATION AND LOCAL WISDOM IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muawwinatul Laili
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Form Field

There are many moral degradations has influenced students’ character. Character education need to be implemented in students’ learning activities. However, some teachers find some difficulties in finding and creating a textbook that includes character education in it. Besides, the role of local wisdom is very important in teaching character education and shaping students’ identity. The teachers can promote local wisdom through English teaching materials. Both of charactereducation and local wisdom can be integrated in the teaching materials. This research intends to develop English teaching material needed by eighth graders. The design to develop the teaching material is Research and Development (R & D). The R&D method procedure that was conducted by the researcher is adapted from Cunningham’s R&D in Borg and Gall (2003). The development process was done by six steps, they are; reviewing relevant of literature, planning the chapterobjectives, developing a preliminary form, field-testing the preliminary form, revising the preliminary form based on the field-test results, and conducting a main field test of the revised form. As the result, the final products that integrated with character education and local wisdom can be the solution to promote the local wisdom and the way to teach character to the students.

scholarly journals The Development of Fantasy Teaching Materials by Using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinesthetic) on 7th Grade Students in SMP Negeri 1 Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1170-1181
Author(s):  
Nurul Jamiah Rangkuti ◽  
Khairil Ansarif ◽  
Wisman Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Initial Product

This study aims to produce teaching materials by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) on fantasy story material for 7th grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Medan. The research method used is Research and Development which refers to Borg and Gall model. The stages of development are the initial study phase, initial product development, and product trials. The results showed that the results of material validation included content eligibility with an average of 82% with a very good category, Eligibility for Presentation with an average of 87.5% with a very good category, and an assessment of language aspects with an average of 82.2% with a category very good. For the assessment of graphics by design experts obtained an average of 87% with the category "very good". Product trials are carried out in three stages: individual testing, small group trials, and limited field trials. Individual trials with an average of 86% with very good categories, small group trials with an average of 87.4% with very good categories, and limited field trials with an average of 88.3% with very good categories. The effectiveness of teaching materials is obtained through student learning outcomes in the pretest and posttest. Average score at pretest is 52 and at posttest is 76. This proves that the teaching material of fantasy story by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) is feasible, easy, and effective for use in 7th grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Medan. This research has implications for Indonesian language learning process, which is teaching material by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) which is developed to provide practical contributions, especially in the implementation of the learning process for teachers, teaching materials in the form of this module can be additional teaching materials to provide convenience in conveying fantasy story material taught, enriching and increasing students' knowledge about fantasy story so that learning will be more interesting and motivate students, trains students to learn independently.

scholarly journals Developing Specific Chinese Teaching Material for Indonesia Based on a Comparation between Chinese and English Teaching Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Kelly Rosalin
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Chinese Teaching ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Chinese And English

Teaching material is a foundation of language learning. It is also a very important tool in teaching and learning process. Especially for students who learnt in non-Chinese environment, during the learning process, they can only rely on teachers and teaching materials. Article was based on previous research about teaching methods. Article used two teaching materials that have Indonesian language translation Contemporary Chinese and Chuji Biaozhun Huayu. Besides, it compared the content and designed to analyze the similarities and differences of these teaching materials. Through the analysis, research gives solution in teaching materials design.

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