Open AccessProblems in Teaching Tourism Register for English Specific Purposes (ESP) Class
Author(s) -
Dewa Ayu Kadek Claria,
Anak Agung Istri Manik Warmadewi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jet (journal of english teaching) adi buana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2614-4050
pISSN - 2502-2121
DOI - 10.36456/jet.v5.n02.2020.2499
Subject(s) - register (sociolinguistics) , active listening , tourism , class (philosophy) , vocabulary , reading (process) , mathematics education , english for specific purposes , computer science , psychology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , political science , communication , philosophy , law
The purpose of this research was to find out the problems in teaching tourism register in English Specific Purposes (ESP) class. Students are expected to know the tourism register as the new group of vocabulary and being able to use them in the related field. When the tourism register is implanted in the course, there were some problems appeared. By reading many literatures related to the topic, the problems can be investigated. It was found that there are some problems which influenced the teaching method in ESP class. The problems can be generalized into two main problems namely; the lecturer’s problems and student’s problems. The lecturer’s problems consist of ineffective teaching and learning method includes the design material which is not fit enough for some ESP students. The student’s problems are divided into the student English proficiency, lack of vocabulary, lack of motivation and basic skill in reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.