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The Need Analysis of IT Students in Learning English as Foreign
Language: A Small-Scale Study at Satya Wacana Christian
University
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Fita Khoiriyati Ilma
112010063

ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

The Need Analysis of IT Students in Learning English as Foreign
Language: A Small-Scale Study at SatyaWacana Christian
University
THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Fita Khoiriyati Ilma
112010063

ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

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The Need Analysis of IT Students in Learning English as Foreign
Language: A Small-Scale Study at Satya Wacana Christian
University

Fita Khoiriyati Ilma
Abstract
In the global use of English in many fields, the need of English in different fields has
been increasing since each field has different needs. In learning English, students in
a certain field of study need to be equipped with English which is relevant to their

needs. To fulfill the need of English that is really suitable with the learners’ need,
therefore, a need analysis is necessary to be done. Need analysis is seen as the ideal
problems solving in order to get to know the students’ need. The purpose of this
study was to find out the Information and Technology (IT) students’ need in their
English learning process in order to support their future occupation in IT field. The
participants of the study were three lecturer-participants, three graduate-participants
and 100 students-participants of 2012 academic year from the IT Faculty of Satya
Wacana Christian University (SWCU). In this study, the data were obtained from
questionnaire and interview. The result of this study revealed three needs for IT
students in learning English. The first need was to add the length of the meeting
hours in English courses, the second one was to emphasize the listening, speaking
and writing skill in the English course, and the third one was English need to be used
more in English teaching and learning process.
Keywords: ESP, need, need analysis, IT students