The Pedagogical Challenges of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Teaching at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Autor/in	Poedjiastutie, Dwi
Titel	The Pedagogical Challenges of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Teaching at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 12 (2017) 6, S.338-349 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Observation; Interviews; Language Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Universities; Cooperative Learning; Student Centered Learning; Teaching Methods; Work Environment; College Students; Teacher Education; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Pädagogische Kompetenz; University; Universität; Kooperatives Lernen; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Arbeitsmilieu; Collegestudent; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Indonesien
Abstract	The current study explores the challenges faced by English for specific purposes (ESP) program at University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Indonesia. As a part of their commitment to improvement, this university is working to better prepare students for employment so that they may function well in their workplaces. Currently, many English Department graduates apply and are accepted as ESP teachers. However, their pedagogical knowledge of ESP teaching is deemed to be less than adequate for such purposes. To do this, classroom observation and interviews were undertaken to explore the multiple realities of the three groups of stakeholders at this institution--the management, ESP teachers, and students. The findings showed four aspects which ought to be crucially applied in ESP classrooms but are relatively absent. Those are communication focus, learner-centred, collaborative teaching, and practical and authentic materials. Since several aspects of ESP teaching are not quite similar to teaching General English (GE), but GE still can be included to support the ESP teaching, the Director of Language Centre (LC) needs to reconsider the type of ESP fits in the contexts, and teachers who are willing to deal with these classes need to understand and possibly be given and trained intensively in relation to its pedagogy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01