STUDENTS’ NEEDS OF LEARNING ENGLISH IN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Yuwanda Anggik Rukmanasari. 2019. Students’ Needs of Learning English in Vocational High School. Thesis. Postgraduate of English Language Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang. Advisors: (I) Dr. Masduki, M.Pd (II) Dr. Estu Widodo, M.Hum. The study purposes to figure out the needs of nursing students’ department of learning English in vocational high school. It applied qualitative approach and obtained the data from FGD, questionnaire and interview. The findings showed that there were several needs of nursing students of learning English which had not been fulfilled and students’ needs of learning English that had already been fulfilled. Several needs of nursing students’ department of learning English which had not been fulfilled were first, the inappropriate English language methods, course content and material. Most nursing students stated that they had not received the proper English methods, course content and materials during the teaching and learning process and what they had learnt in class could not be applied as well in nursing settings. Second, their English teacher’s competence was very low. Teacher could not explain the English materials properly to their students so most of students could not understand the materials. In addition, the given English materials more focused on discussing about general English rather than ENP. The students wanted English methods, course content and materials that they had learnt during class could be also used as well when they worked in the nursing settings someday. Moreover, they further added that their English teacher’s competence was not good enough. They expected that they would get a good qualified English teacher. Meanwhile, the need of learning English that had been fulfilled was only the need of English for communication that was used in daily activities. In order to know exactly what the needs of students of learning English in vocational high school level, it was truly needed need analysis. Need analysis is a technique or procedure that is used to know whether or not the students’ needs of learning English had already been fulfilled