Abstract
This paper discusses the Bandung State Polytechnic Students’ perception towards General English classes (General English 1 and General English 2). The research is aimed to investigate the students’ perception towards the materials given in General English 1 and General English 2 classes. The survey was carried out to 110 students from 2 engineering classes and 2 non-engineering classes. This research applied quantitative method that used questioners to gain the data. Thus, the data were analyzed by applying SPSS, and the result shows that students’ perception on General English1 subject is different from their perception on General English 2 subject.They perceive thatGeneral English1 subject provides important basic skill for communication in English, however it needs improvement in some materials for there are some students doubt about it. On the other hand, students think that the materials in General English 2 do not reach their needs and expectations. Accordingly, General English in Bandung State Polytechnic needs to be developed. Keywords: English, General English, Polytechnic Curriculum
Highlights
Polytechnic is vocational higher education or competence-based education
This Study investigates the students perception towards General English Subjects at to notice whether those subjects has been fulfilled their needs to support their communication in English
Thismeans that students perception towards General English 1 is different from students‟ perception towards General English 2
Summary
Polytechnic is vocational higher education or competence-based education. This means that polytechnic provides the program both cognitive knowledge and skill related to competences needed at work place. Having English language competence will help the workers to have better communication skill and to be more qualified In this case, Bandung State Polytechnic which results graduates who have cognitive skills and competence should support them with soft skill to be more competitive. General English 1 is designed to carry verbal competence or speaking whereas General English 2 is intended to facilitatestudents to have reading ability They are developed by the assumption that students need English competency in a future or workplace without any need analysis. The recent study focuses on investigating students‟ perception towards the content of the subjects included inGeneral English 1 (Bahasa Inggris 1) and General English 2 (Bahasa Inggris 2) This is to discover whether those subject‟s contents have fulfilled their basic needs in developing their English competences. The result of this research can be considered as the evaluation of curriculum and can be the base in revising and developingthe better contents for those subjects
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