NEEDS ANALYSIS OF ESP FOR TOURISM STUDY PROGRAM AT SMKN(Senior Vocational School)

Abstract

The perpuse of this study are firstly to analyze the English learning needs of students in the tourism studies program and secondly to find out why ESP is important for student of tourism study program. The source of data in this study were students of SMKN 3 Pematang Siantar. Totally, there were 35 of XII Grade and there is 1 english teacher. The instruments were questionaire and interview. This study used mix method (quantitative and qualitative) design. The result of this study are the deseription of needs needed by tourism study program students which were based on English language mterials and topics given and taught to students, that need to be related to the scope of the tourism topics which so that students can help students to meet their needs in the world of work. In addition, 94.3% of students have desire to improve speaking skills, since speaking skills are regarded important to be in tourims activities. In fact, it is skills, that are considered difficult in the English learning. Related to the reason ESP is important for student of tourism study program was because ESP refarded as am alternativ approach and learning that can help teacher and students to overcome the learning problems in teaching and learning English.