The Development of English for Transportation (Entra) Application for Students in Training and Education Program for Human Resource Development on Transportation Agency

Abstract

This research seeks to develop an English for Transportation (EnTra) application that can help cadets to master English transportation more easily. The design of this research is the ADDIE model development research. The following steps describe the research and development. (1). Conduct a needs analysis through preliminary research activities.(2). Planning in the form of product and participant determination.(3). The product to be developed is the English for Transportation (EnTra) application. (4). Expert validation in the form of expert / practitioner ratings of the Entra application includes format, language, illustrations and content, as well as multimedia experts, because the product produced is an android application. (5). Implementation of the product to the real target. (6) Product evaluation. The results of this study indicate that, there are seven aspects of assessment given by media expert, material expert and cadets as the aplication's users. The results of the assessment of the three parties indicate that the application developed has been tested and categorized as very feasible. This means that EnTra's idea of bringing class into one single application that can be accessed anywhere and at any time brings a different atmosphere for cadets in learning English transportation. The limited time they have in learning is overcome by this application.Sebagai suatu pendekatan baru dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris, ESP memiliki ciri dan karakteristik yang berbeda dengan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris umum (General English). Karakteristik ini tentu juga berbeda secara jelas dan significant dengan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang lain, seperti English as Second Language (ESL) atau English as A foreign Language (EFL). Hutchinson dkk. (1987) menyatakan bahwa ada empat karakteristik utama ESP sebagai pendekatan dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yaitu: (a) ESP dirancang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pembelajar, (b) substansi dan isi ESP dikaitkan dengan tema dan topik pada bidang ilmu tertentu, (c) berpusat pada bentuk kebahasaan yang sesuai dengan aktivitas dan bidang ilmu atau pekerjaan yang dimiliki, (d) ESP berbeda dengan General English (GE).

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