INTEGRATING LOCAL-BASED TOURISM CONTENTS FOR ESP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT: A NEEDS ANALYSIS IN ENGLISH FOR TOURISM COURSE

ULFA, SITI MARIA INTEGRATING LOCAL-BASED TOURISM CONTENTS FOR ESP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT: A NEEDS ANALYSIS IN ENGLISH FOR TOURISM COURSE. International Conference on Language and Education (ICLE). ISSN 978-979-495-955-8

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Abstract

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for Local Tourism was not previously developed at English Department STKIP PGRI Bangkalan. One of the compulsory courses for the English department students if English for Tourism with the aim to provide exposure of tourism English context. The current curriculum still applying textbook teaching has led to unavoidable problem of communicative competence for the students. This study aims to uncover the real world English context in local-based tourism using several types of needs analysis from several scholars comprising Present Situation Analysis (PSA)-(Robinson, 1991), Target Situation Analysis (TSA) - (Robinson, 1991), and Learning Needs - (Hutchinson & Waters, 1987). This study was conducted toward 91 students as soon as they have undertaken the course of English for Tourism for their future employment in tourism. The result of this analysis becomes a recommendation for the course developer in developing the suitable instructional materials with the principles of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) and local area tourism potentials. Keywords: Needs analysis, Materials development, ESP, local-based tourism

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