Descriptions of the Students
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learning materials which contain marketing technical terms and also business letters.
Besides the four aspects above, there is another aspect which needs to be considered; English curriculum of SMK. As this study was conducted based on
curriculum 2013, the curriculum contents the core and basic competences for SMK also become the necessities of the students. Based on the Basic
Competences of the English curriculum, English language teaching in SMK aims to develop the students’ ability to communicate in the target language orally and
in writing accurately and appropriately. The students are required to master the four language skills in a variety of context for varied purposes using a range of
text types and language functions. After the necessities, the next aspect is lacks. In terms of lacks, there are
two items in the questionnaire which gain the information about the students’ English proficiency and also their weaknesses in learning English. Table 4.4 and
Table 4.5 below show the results of the needs analysis questionnaire to find the target needs of the students in terms of lacks.
Table 4.4: English Proficiency English proficiency
N f
Percentage
a. My English proficiency is classed as
novice level 32
2 6
b. my English proficiency is classed as
early intermediate 29
91 c.
My English proficiency is at intermediate level
1 3
d. My English proficiency is classed as
advance level
55
Table 4.4 shows the English proficiency of the students 91 is considered to be early intermediate. In addition, most of the students 6
admitted that they had low English vocabulary mastery. While the student’s weakness in learning English is showed by Table 4.5 below.
Table 4.5: Student’s Weakness in Learning English Students’ weakness in learning English
N f
Percentage
a. My weakness in learning English is I don’t know how to use English grammar correctly
32 18
56 b. Sometimes I don’t know how to use the terms
or expressions in certain context appropriately
27 84
c. Sometimes I don’t know how to pronounce certain words or expressions correctly
13 41
For the weaknesses, most of the students 84 revealed that sometimes they did not know how to use the terms or expressions in certain context
appropriately. Fifty percents of the students confessed that they did not know how to use English grammar correctly.
The last aspect of the target needs which needs to be identified is the question in terms of wants. The students were asked about English learning
materials that they want to improve their language skills. The table 4.6 shows the results.
Table 4.6: Wants