The readiness of the Private English Schools to Improve the English Skill of the Tourism Human Resources in Polewali Mandar Regency West Sulawesi

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the readiness of language education institutions outside of school in the context of developing tourism human resources, as well as how the government and private parties support these educational institutions. The results of the study indicate that the Out-of-school Language Education Institution Program in Polewali Mandar Regency can be said to have increased, but the government has not carried out socialization. as well as the state of facilities and infrastructure that still needs to be developed, and also instructions for the location of the course location are not yet available, so it is rather difficult to get information about the location of the English language training place. With the location of the English village, it can be said that there is already a readiness of out-of-school educational institutions in Kab. Polewali Mandar, in order to train human resources to speak English well, so that activities in the tourism sector. can take place well, because communication is established smoothly, especially to foreign tourists.