Abstract
This review paper tries to evaluate an ESP course book entitled Get Along with English for the Hotel Industry published by Erlangga in 2006. A course book is considered as a necessary aspect in the classroom. Teachers usually follow the content and activities provided in the course book. ESP teachers often find difficulty in finding the suitable one. As a result, a book review is needed to match teacher and learners’ needs to available solutions. The instrument to evaluate the couse book used Alan Cunningsworth’s checklist taken from his book, Evaluating and Selecting EFL Teaching Materials (1984) consisted of six majors evaluation criteria and one conclusion and overall evaluation. The method of this study was qualitative descriptive to evaluate the current course book based on the guidelines and framework presented in the available checklist of evaluation criteria. The results indicated that the course book can be appropriate for hotel industry students but should be modified in some cases to meet the course objectives and encourage students to use what they learn in their future workplace.The weaknesses found from this book can be a chance for the teachers to develop the incomplete/inappropriate materials better and meet the teachers and students’ needs.
Highlights
English for specific purposes (ESP) has been fashionable in English Language Teaching (ELT) and its development is rapidly growing to cover various English skills needed based on the learners’ specialty or occupational background
Hutchinson and Waters (1987) propose crucial reasons for the rise of ESP; the new focus on its learners, request, and demand in the new world, and revolution in the field of linguistics. They state that one approach to language teaching which can cater to that situation is ESP because it is designed to see the definite needs of the learners
This study showed that the book was pointed for both General High School (SMA/General English) and Vocational High School (VHS) students
Summary
English for specific purposes (ESP) has been fashionable in English Language Teaching (ELT) and its development is rapidly growing to cover various English skills needed based on the learners’ specialty or occupational background. This study showed that the book was pointed for both General High School (SMA/General English) and VHS students They discovered that the book was not suitable for VHS since the topic was too general; the activities were still not sufficient especially in vocabulary and grammar, in integrating four skills. The general purpose of Evaluation on an ESP Course Book: Get Along with English for the Hotel Industry this study is to evaluate the coursebook regarding its language content, selection, and grading of language items, presentation and practice of new language items, developing language skills and communicative abilities, supporting materials, motivation and the learner, and conclusions and overall evaluation based on Alan Cunningsworth’s checklist of evaluation criteria
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