STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) BASED READING MATERIALS (A DESCRIPTIVE CASE STUDY IN SMK N 1 BAWANG BANJARNEGARA)

RATNASARI, GEMELINA GITA (2015) STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) BASED READING MATERIALS (A DESCRIPTIVE CASE STUDY IN SMK N 1 BAWANG BANJARNEGARA). Bachelor thesis, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO.

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Abstract

Specifically, the study was aimed at revealing students’ perspectives towards ESP-based reading materials. The method used was descriptivequalitative which focused on collecting information. The sample of the research was 96 students of tenth grade in different major in SMK N 1 Bawang, Banjarnegara. The technique for collecting data was closed-questionnaire as the main data and semi-structured interview as the supporting data to gain depth information from the questionnaire. The results of the questionnaire as the main data were converted into percentages. It revealed that there were 5 indicators which were derived into 15 points that answered the VHS students’ perspectives towards ESP-based reading materials. Those were the five indicators along with the findings about students’ perspectives towards ESP based reading materials. The result of each indicator was described as follow: 1) the first indicator revealed that more than half number of students (55%) stated that the information of the reading materials was relevant to their major and the materials were not only theoretical but also practical, 2) in the second indicator, the number of students who admitted that the reading materials provided new specialized vocabulary related to the their major were 63%, 3) the third indicator showed that 86% students clarified that reading materials were consider a real language, the students have to learn in real life not only the language learned in the classroom, 4) the fourth indicator stated that all students (100%) acknowledged that reading materials had varying texts but more than half number of students (57%) were not interested in reading it, 5) all students (100%) in the fifth indicator revealed that reading materials were relevant to their major and were able to motivate them to read a lot to fulfill their need in gaining the depth knowledge of their vocational field.

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