THE HABIT FORMATION OF SPEAK ING ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS ENGLISH STUDENTS OF POLITEKNIK UBAYA IN 4.0 INDUSTRY ERA

Abstract

This paper investigated the English speaking habit of Business English students of Politeknik Ubaya Surabaya. The Business English study program policy was to ask its students to speak/use English in their lessons that used English as a medium of communication. In this case study, the writer would investigate them mainly on why they didn’t speak English in English lessons and what learning strategies they suggested to improve their English. In this paper, the writer would like to collect data through a questionnaire survey with 30 respondents of Business English students of Politeknik Ubaya. He found out that not all the respondents had the English speaking habits in their English lessons for many reasons though the teachers asked them to be in total English immersion. These were some learning strategies the respondents suggested to help cultivate their English competence.