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.
