Perception of Hospitality Management Student about the Quality of English Teaching Materials at Universitas Negeri Padang

Ridho Afif; Sitti Fatimah

doi:10.24036/jelt.v9i1.107903

Perception of Hospitality Management Student about the Quality of English Teaching Materials at Universitas Negeri Padang

Ridho Afif⁽¹⁾, Sitti Fatimah⁽²⁾,
(1) English Language and Literature Department

Indonesia
(2) English Language and Literature Department Universitas Negeri Padang

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of English Language Teaching

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v9i1.107903

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Abstract

The prevalent use of the English language as an international means of communication is in constant expansion. This fact is reflected in different fields and in various domains where English is considered as a working tool or ESP. The ESP subject, which provides profession/discipline-related language education to undergraduate students studying hospitality in Faculty of Tourism Universitas Negeri Padang. A questionnaire was design and distributed to 40 Hospitality Management student to discover their perception about the quality of the English teaching materials. To support the data, 7 respondents were also interviewed to support the questionnaire. The results were obtained through analysis of the data obtained. Students feedback were categorized into four issues namely, input, content focus, language focus, and task. Generally, the study proves that the student showes positive attitude toward the Englsh teaching materials which means that the quality of the English teaching materials was able to fulfill the students need.

Keywords

Teaching Materials, Perception, ESP

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