ESP vs EGP: a Reflection of Implementation of Curriculum 2013 in Vocational Schools  

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Zain, Dodi Siraj Muamar

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 524-534.
Topik: ESP; EGP; Vocational School
Fulltext: hal 524.pdf (16.58MB)

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The aim of this paper is to figure out the teachers’ perception towards the implementation of curriculum 2013 in terms of change of content of learning material. As it is known, curriculum 2013 covers several changes in some learning aspects starting from learning approach to learning content. These changes bear their own strengths and weaknesses. For vocational schools, one major change is learning content. The shift of focus from ESP (English for Specific Purposes) to EGP(English for General Purposes) triggers various responses from teachers. The research applied descriptive method. The data were taken from ten teachers from two vocational schools in Banyumas that still applied curriculum 2013. The instrument used in this research was interview. Therefore, the qualitative approach was used to interpret the data. The finding showed that eight teachers considered the government policy to change the content of teaching to English for General Purposes was irrelevant with the objectives of learning in vocational schools. The other two teachers considered that it was a good decision that it accommodates teachers’ creativity to organize the lesson. Reflecting to the need of learning English and the objectives of learning in vocational school, it can be assumed that those two areas of English (ESP and EGP) should be accommodated for teaching and learning process yet the proportion of language content should be adjusted with the students’ needs. It led to a conclusion that teaching English in vocational school should prioritize ESP equipped with EGP.

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