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 continued