Elt Material for Biology Education Department Students: What Are the Students' Needs?

Nurpahmi, Sitti; Hasriani, Hasriani

doi:10.24252/elstic-ij.v1i2.21967

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“…In the present study, students showed less interest in improving reading skills. This finding is in contrast to previous findings in Makassar [2]. Videos in biological topics may help students with low reading habits to improve their English proficiencies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The present study aimed to describe students' needs and expectations in learning English for Biology. This study then further explored and elaborated the findings from previous studies [2,3]. This study has a very important contribution to ensure that the English language teaching material delivered (in the students' handbook) compromises with the needs of students.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Need analysis for preservice Biology teachers has been reported on a number of studies in Indonesia [2,3]. Both of them come up with the same conclusion that students need reading materials on biological topics.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Preservice science students, therefore, need to improve their English proficiency level to read textbooks and journal articles, to have basic skills in written and oral communications [1]. Students who have good English skills will be able to easily access information from various sources, as the dominant scientific information in English [2]. In facilitating students in English acquisition, lecturers need to design the syllabus and learning materials that are appropriate to the needs of students.…”

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Need Analysis in Learning English for Preservice Biology Teacher

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Bachtiar²,

Jufri³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference of Education and Social Sciences (ACCESS 2021)

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The English language is increasingly important for the teaching profession in the globalization era. Remarkably rapid development in science and technology needs teachers to catch up with development for their science teaching materials. All standard science books and publications are in English. In contrast, many preservice Biology teacher students have difficulties in learning English. This present study was qualitative research aimed to describe students' needs and expectations in learning English for academic purposes (EAP). The sample consists of 111 students in the second semester of the Biology Education Study Program. Google-form questionnaires were applied to collect data via a social networking group. The results of the study revealed that there was a mismatch between students' objective and EAP. Most students (67.57%) want to improve their speaking skills. The study also found that very few students (<3%) think they need to learn reading skills, despite most of them (52.52%) have low level of vocabulary and grammar mastery. Reading materials and videos are learning resources that are as important as the lecturer. Assignments and quizzes are both among the most beneficial learning activities for the students. Students' expectations to learn speaking skill can be used to achieve other EAP objectives, such as reading and writing skills.

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confidence: 99%

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