Innovation in the teaching and learning of English for Physical Education Department

Abstract

The model of teaching English in the university setting tends to be taught conventionally, focusing on grammar tasks as what students have always previously encountered since secondary school. It then turns out that such a model of teaching and learning English rarely prepares students for what they genuinely need in the context of higher education and the future world of the workplace strongly related to their chosen program stream of study. This article is a pilot study, presenting an innovation in the model of teaching and learning English to university students majoring specifically in the Physical and Sport Education study program. By innovation in the design of the teaching and learning practices of English to students of physical and sports education study program, this article provides an example of how English lesson has been adjusted according to the need and what is genuinely needed by the students of physical education as the object of this study. It is fully expected that this study could open a new paradigm in English teaching and learning practices for university students majoring outside the English study program.