Needs Analysis of English Skills amongst Electrical Engineering Students in ESP Contexts

Authors

  • Sri Sarwanti Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Tidar Magelang, Indonesia
  • Rima Sotlikova Foreign Philology Faculty, National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
  • Dwi Novianto Faculty of Technical Engineering, Tidar University, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Lilia Indriani Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Tidar University, Indonesia, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i4.9016

Keywords:

Need analysis, English skills, English for General Porposes,

Abstract

English is needed nowadays no matter what in global communication. In the ecucational context, English is neded to support the activites related to the ability in understanding the material and producing articles on the subject matter. The English skills of the electrical engineering students in Indonesia are generally unsatisfying. This study undercover the needs of English skills amongst Electrical Engineering students in Indonesian context. The study was conducted at Tidar University. The data were collected by using questionnaires and semi structured interviews. The results shows that the English skills needed by the Electrical Engineering students were grouped as receptive and productive skills. The receptive skills needed were the ability to grasp the texts’ ideas, the ability to listen to others’ words, The productive skills are the ability to produce the English eords to convey meanings in oral communications. The main points were greater technical vocabulary, grammatical structures, oral comprehension, and reading understanding.

Author Biographies

Sri Sarwanti, Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Tidar Magelang

English Language Education

Universitas Tidar Magelang

Rima Sotlikova, Foreign Philology Faculty, National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Foreign Philology Faculty, National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Dwi Novianto, Faculty of Technical Engineering, Tidar University, Indonesia

Faculty of Technical Engineering,Tidar University, Indonesia

Lilia Indriani, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Tidar University, Indonesia

Faculty of Education and Teacher Training,Tidar University, Indonesia

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Sarwanti, S., Sotlikova, R., Novianto, D., & Indriani, L. (2023). Needs Analysis of English Skills amongst Electrical Engineering Students in ESP Contexts. Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 11(4), 669–682. https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i4.9016

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