Abstract
The aim of this research is to investigate teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at SMK Negeri 2 Cirebon using the authentic materials. The method which used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. The techniques of collecting data are observation, interview and document study to know the process of teaching and learning ESP using authentic materials. The population in this research is students of hotel accommodation program. The sample of this research was a hotel accommodation class and an English teacher. The validity data in this research are credibility, dependability, transferability and conformability. Credibility refers to triangulation data of the observation, interview transcriptions and documents. Dependability refers to parallels prove, transferability refers to study previous document and conformability refers to the research objectivity. The result of this research shows that the process using authentic materials in teaching ESP works good, because the teacher selected the authentic learning materials appropriately relevance with students’ needs and interests. Therefore, the teacher has positive response and the students also have the positive responses to the teaching and learning ESP using authentic materials. In this research, the researcher found good portrait of authentic materials toward teaching and learning ESP at hotel accommodation program and the positive response between teacher and students about teaching and learning ESP using the authentic material. Keywords: ESP, Authentic Materials, Teaching Speaking
Highlights
English as an international language was already language used widely for communication and it takes place to deal with academic discourse around the world
That statement in line with the course syllabus that applied in the teaching process which is used authentic materials to teach the students in the tenth grade of hotel accommodation program were examined have been different largely within the general language teaching framework
This study was expected to gain the answer of two research questions about the teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) process using the authentic materials and the responses of the teacher and students to use of authentic material in the process of the teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Summary
English as an international language was already language used widely for communication and it takes place to deal with academic discourse around the world. It is evidence that English has big role in Indonesia education world. These issues deal with how English is being taught and what type of English materials is being taught. It can be stated that English need to be specify to the target of communication. These statements in line with the teaching and learning process in Vocational High School, the curriculum was designed English as the specific purposes (ESP) as the preparation of students overcoming the professional workplace. Under pragmatic paradigm the focus is on language in use, and emphasis is put on contextualized teaching, using authentic materials, and attention to sociolinguistic aspects of interaction. Cognitive teaching paradigm puts emphasis on students’ responsibility on their own progress and the insertion of creative tasks
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