NEED ANALYSIS AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) AT NURSING UNIVERSITY IN SERANG, BANTEN (A Qualitative Research at STIKes Faletehan Serang, Banten)

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to know the validity in teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) at nursing university, to know the reliability in teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) at nursing university. This research uses qualitative approach with descriptive statistic method. Then, technique of collecting data is with analyzing syllabus and questionnaire. The researcher uses the means, percentage and frequencies to reliability and validity. The research findings summarize that the validity in ESP has important role to teaching ESP at STIKes Faletehan Serang that 64 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree that ESP course should focus on medical English, 66 percent of student nurses view very appropriate or quite appropriate about the ESP course textbooks, 60 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree about the appropriateness assessment commonly used in the ESP course, and 80 percent of student nurses view quite important or very important about the importance of ESP course to students’ academic studies and target career. Then, the reliability in teaching ESP that the instructional strategy has to be considered which shows 68 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree about teaching methodologies were appropriate and useful, 72 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree about ESP lecturers motivated them, 68 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree about the student’s opportunity to work in groups or pairs, and 72 percent of student nurses agree or strongly agree about the supplementary materials used in the ESP class. Based on the explanation, there are any appropriateness, effective and helpful the need analysis and the instructional strategy of ESP in teaching English at STIKes Faletehan Serang.