Research Procedures RESEARCH METHOD
Table 7:
Students’ View about Target Goals Questions
Items N
F Percentage
What is your main goal of
studying English in
English Speaking
Club? a.
To get equipped with sufficient
general English vocabulary to
communicate in the classroom.
71 11
15.49
b. To get equipped with
sufficient English
vocabulary related to science.
71 13
23.94
c. To get equipped with
sufficient knowledge of grammar in use to
communicate in the classroom.
71 11
15.49
d. To get equipped with
sufficient knowledge of language functions
used in
academic context
to communicate in the
classroom. 71
36 50.70
Table 7 shows that 50.70 of the students claim getting equipped with sufficient knowledge of language functions used in academic context is their
main goal of studying English. The second highest tendency of their goals is that getting equipped with sufficient English vocabulary related to science to
communicate in the classroom.
Table 8:
Students’ view about English Speaking Skill Usage Questions
Items N
F Percentage
As students of International
study program, I use English
speaking skill as…
a. A
way of
communicating during the lectures
71 34
47.88
b. A
way of
communicating with the lecturers
71 19
26.76
c. A
way of
communicating with friends
71 16
22.53
d. A
way of
communicating with foreigners
71 2
2.81
Table 8 shows that being able to communicate during the lectures is the main demand. The second target is being able to communicate with
lecturers.
Table 9:
Students’ View about the Importance of Learning English Questions
Items N
F Percentage
I think English for Science
is… a.
Very important 71
47 66.19
b. Important
71 16
22.53 c.
Quite Important 71
8 11.26
d. Not Important
71
Table 9 shows that most of the students consider learning English as very important, while the other students consider learning English as
important. In brief, English is considered to be very important for students of international science classes.
2 Lacks
The gap between the students’ existing knowledge and agreed objectives they have to achieve refers to lack Hutchinson Waters, 1987.
The students’ view about their lacks is shown in the following tables. Table 10:
Students’ Current Levels of English Proficiency
Questions Items
N F
Percentage What is your
English proficiency
level? a.
Beginner, can’t carry on a conversation
71 20
28.16
b. Intermediate,
basic conversational skills
can talk about a few topics
71 47
66.19
c. Advance, can carry on
a conversation can talk
about many
topics 71
4 5.63
d. Fluent can talk about
almost any topic 71
Table 10 shows that i n terms of students’ English proficiency it is
shown that most of the students are at the level of intermediate, in which they can carry on basic conversational skills, while students claim that they are in
beginner level of English proficiency.
Table 11:
Students’ Difficulties in Learning English What is your
obstacle in speaking
English? a.
The mastery of limited vocabulary
71 17
23.94
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