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Table 4.1. Target Needs: Necessities Aspect Question Item N Necessities The students need to learn English …. a. to read textbooks 31 91.17 b. to be able to communicate with foreign people 14 41.17 c. to help in the future study 5 14.70 d. others The students need to know about vocabulary in the subject of… a. Fisika Zat Padat, chapter 4 24 70.59 b. Fisika Zat Padat, chapter 5 5 14.70 c. Fisika Zat Padat, chapter 6 3 8.82 d. Mekanika Fluida, chapter 5 1 2.94 e. Mekanika Fluida, chapter 6 1 2.94 The data from questionnaire about necessities from the table above was supported by the data from interview. Here is the result of the interview. ……………………………………………………………………......... R : Mahasiswa Jurusan Fisika perlu menggunakan Bahasa Inggris apa tidak Pak? Do the students of Physics Education Department need to use English? L : Iya perlu mas.Soalnya mereka pakai buku berbahasa Inggris jadi perlu kemampuan reading. Yes they do. They need to use an English textbook so they need to use their reading skill ……………………………………………………………………......... 2 Lacks Lacks refer to the gaps between what the learner already knows and the necessities. The students’ lacks are described in the table below. Table 4.2. Target Needs: Lacks Aspect Question Item N Lacks Difficulty students face when reading textbook…. a. to understand the vocabulary 29 85.29 b. to understand the text’s structure 10 29.41 c. to read rapidly 14 41.17 d. others The students’ ability in understanding the vocabulary in the textbooks…. a. very poor 6 17.65 b. poor 23 67.65 c. good 5 14.70 d. very good Based on Table 4.2. above, the students face some difficulties in reading their English textbook. 85.29 of students felt that it was difficult to deal with the unknown vocabularies in the text. Ten students found that it was difficult to understand the text due to complexity of the text’s structure. Fourteen students felt that they faced difficulty in reading textbook since they could not read rapidly. Moreover, it can be seen that more than half of all students thought that their ability in understanding vocabularies is poor. It can be said that the students’ proficiency level of vocabulary was not enough to meet their target situation. The data above were supported by the interview. Below is the result of the interview. ……………………………………………………………………......... R : Kalau menurut Bapak sendiri bagaimana kemampuan reading mahasiswa?In your own opinion, how is the students’ reading ability? T : Sebagian sudah lumayan bagus, tapi sebagian besar mengalami kesulitan dalam memahami isinya soalnya mereka tidak tahu tentang kosakata tertentu. Some students have a good reading ability. But most of them are still face difficulty in understanding the text since they do not know about certain vocabularies. ……………………………………………………………………......... 3 Wants Wants related to the students’ expectation after accomplishing their study. Table 4.3. shows that almost all of the students wanted to learn the definition, the meaning, the part of speech, and the pronunciation of the words.