SITUATION ANALYSIS IN ESP SUBJECT AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF MUAHAMMADIYAH MALANG

SITUATION ANALYSIS IN ESP SUBJECT AT ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF
MUAHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

BY:
WINDY FRANITASARI
201210100312194

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2016

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah, all praise to ALLAH SWT, the Merciful and Charitable.
Because of His guidance, blessing and affection, the writer can finish this thesis.
First of all, the writer’s gratitude goes to Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si as her first
advisor, who devoted in guiding her throughout the entire process and many valuable
hours reading the draft of her proposal up to the final draft of this thesis. Likewise,

the writer’s gratitude goes to Drs. Jarum, M.Ed as her second advisor, who provided
the writer the time for consultation and giving the comments which help in
troubleshooting the weakness of her draft.
The writer’s gratitude also goes to Mr. Masyhud as the teacher of ESP subject
at English Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang, who gave chance in
conducting the research.
The deepest gratitude and appreciation are extended to her mother, who
always give her the deepest love, support, and sincere pray in their life time. And for
her big family especially for my sister Vita and Rosy, who always support her study.
The sincere love and gratitude are also to my little Hana, who always give spirit and
encouragement. The writer’s also say thank you to all her friends who help and
support her to complete this thesis. Thanks for everything.

The writer

TABLE OF CONTENT

APPROVAL……………………………………………………………………..

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LEGALIZATION ………………………………………………………...........

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CONFIRMATION………………………………………………………….......

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION ……..…………………………………………..

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ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………...

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………………

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………….

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study …………………………………………………………

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1.2 Statement of Problem …………………………………………………………

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1.3 Purpose of the Study …………………………………………………………

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1.4 Significance of the Study …………………………………………………….


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1.5 Scope and Limitation ………………………………………………………...

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1.6 Definition of Key Terms ………………………………..................................

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CHAPTER II REVIEW RELATED TO LITERATURE
2.1 The Definition of Situation Analysis …………………………………………

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2.2 The Factors in Situation Analysis ……………………………………………..

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2.2.1 Societal Factors………….……………………………………………...


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2.2.2 Project Factors ………………………………………..........................

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2.2.3 Institutional Factors ………………………………………………….....

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2.2.4 Teacher Factors ………………………………………………………....

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2.2.5Learner Factors ………………………………………………………...

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2.2.6 Adoption Factors …………………………………………………........


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2.3 Goal …………………………………………………………………………...

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2.4 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) ………………………………………....

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design ……………………………………………………………...

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3.2 Research Subject ……………………………………………………………..

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3.3 Research Instrument ………………………………………………………….

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3.4 Data Collection ……………………………………………………………….

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3.5 Data Analysis ………………………………………………………………...

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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Research Findings ……………………………………………………………. 19
4.1.1 The Situation in ESP Subject ……………………….............................

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4.1.1.1The Students’ Interest of English Skill in ESP ……………..........


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4.1.1.2 The Students’ Opinion in Speaking English in the Class ……......

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4.1.1.3 The Students’ Preferred Material in ESP Subject ………………...

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4.1.1.4 The Students Preferred Resources in ESP Subject …….................. 21
4.1.1.5 The Students’ preferred Time in ESP Subject in a week …………. 21
4.1.1.6 The Students’ Preferred Place in ESP Subject …………………… 21
4.1.1.7 The Students’ Preferred Lecturer in ESP Subject ………………...

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4.1.1.8 The Process of Teaching and Learning ESP Subject ……………..

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4.2 Discussion ………………………………………………………………..

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………… 25
5.2 Suggestions …………………………………………………………………...

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5.2.1 Suggestion for the Lecturers of ESP Subject ……………………….....

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5.2.2 Suggestion for the Curriculum Development ……………………….....

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5.2.3 Suggestion for the Next Researcher ……………………………….......


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BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX

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Dudley-Evans, Tony & St. John, Maggie Jo 1998. Development in English for
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Hutchinson, Tom & Waters, Alan 1987. English for Specific Purposes: A LearningCentered Approach. Cambridge
McMillan, James H. 1992. Educational Research: Fundamental for the Consumer.
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Richards, Jack C. 1990. The Language Teaching Matrix. Cambridge: Cambridge.
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Richards, Jack C 2001. Curriculum Development in Language Teaching Cambridge:

Cambridge.

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides some points of discussion such as: background of
the study, statement of problems, purpose of the study, significance of the study,
scope and limitation, and definition of key term.

1.1 Background of The Study
The importance of English as a world language has made people to learn
English as early as possible. In Indonesia for example, English is taught even
before the children enter playgroup and English is the first foreign language
taught as a local content subject in Kindergarten and primary school. English also
becomes main subjects from Junior High School up to universities. In other
words, Indonesian government places high priority on this language. It means that
the government hopes that the students are ready to face their future whether in
academic field or in working field. It can be said that teaching and learning
English in Indonesia is very important.
There are many reasons that learning English is important. First, learning
English was to improve the people’s life. By learning English they get
information, knowledge and do things related to English. Second, if the people
learn English, they can communicate with people around the world especially
foreign people because English become international language. Third, people can

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get better job if they know English because many jobs employers nowadays
require that job applicant know English.
However, it is unfortunate condition because the result shows the poor
knowledge and less motivation of the students in learning English. There are
many factors influence the student’s motivation in learning English such as the
classroom environments, the classroom facilities or the materials that did not
appropriate with the students’ need etc. It is related to the situation analysis that to
identify positive or negative impact the implementation of a curriculum plan.
There are two reasons why knowing the impact in implementing the
curriculum plan are important. First, if the teachers know what are the positive or
negative impact in implementing the curriculum plan, they can overcome the
obstacle in teaching and learning process so that the knowledge can be transferred
to the students effectively and it will make the class management well. According
to Richards (1994:39), in a well managed class contributes to high motivation and
expectation for success. The students who have high motivation will learn better
and faster. On the contrary, the students who have less motivation they will not
learn well. They just come to school to listen only what the teacher explains but
they do not learn anything. Second, responding to the goverment steps that
theexistence of educational institution should be able to suspend the economical
situation in its area. For example; in Malang, today, demands of people who are
able to operate excel and microsoft word to be secretary is recently high. Thus,
university or vocational high school should provide talented students to fill in
such job.

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From the statement above, this research focuses on situation analysis in
ESP subject at English Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Because in this level, the students did not need to learn many or all subjects like in
the senior or junior high school, but university students only will take a specific
field of study based on their interest. Here, the function of ESP is to give and
socialize English as foreign language appropriate with their subject matter. As
English students, first grade students need to know many things about English not
only about the main subject of English but also other filed of English such as
tourism, business English, and hotel. In ESP program, students will learn English
communicatively and meaningfully.
Finally, the researcher is interested in ESP subject because ESP is a new
subject for first semester students, and situation analysis in ESP has never been
investigated yet.

1.2 Statement of the Problem
“What is the situation in ESP subject at English department of University
of Muhammadiyah Malang?”

1.3 Purposes of the Study
Based on the problems above, the purpose of the study is:
“To find out what is the situation in ESP subject at English department of
University of Muhammadiyah Malang”

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1.4 Significance of the Study
The result of this study is hoped to give powerful input to the students and
the teacher related to teaching and learning in ESP subject because both of the
students and teachers are interconnected to each other. If the teachers know the
positive or negative impact in situation analysis, the teachers can overcome the
obstacle in teaching and learning process and will give the course design of the
materials which appropriate with the students’ difficulties. Moreover, this research
will give contribution for English Department related to ESP subject. In general,
this research will provide important information to increase the quality of teaching
and learning. The researcher also hopes that this research may be used by
researcher as references and will encourage them to carry out the similar studies.

1.5 Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study is the situation analysis in ESP subject at English
Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and it focuses on the first
semester students of English Department because they still get English materials
altough they are English department students.

1.6 Definition of Key Terms
The researcher presents some definition of key term to avoid
misunderstanding in interpreting this study:

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1. Situation analysis is an analysis of factors in the context of a planned
or present curriculum project that is made in order to assess their
potential impact on the project (Richards, 2001: 91).
2. ESP or English for Specific Purpose is a term that refers to teaching or
studying English for a particular need of students (like law, medicine)
or for business in general (Hutchinson and Waters, 1987: 19).

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