The Learners’ Needs In Preparing The English Course Materials: The Students’ Perspectives
Abstract
This research aims to identify the learners’ needs based on the students’ perspectives as one of the
considerations for preparing the English course materials. The identification was done by investigating
the students’ perspectives which focused on the learners’ needs in terms of the English
course materials. This research adopted a quantitative method to investigate the learners’ needs.
The sample of the study consisted of 30 students of Computer Engineering at School of Applied
Science in Telkom University. The data were collected and generated from their perspective answers
on
the
questionnaires.
The
results
showed
that
the
main
purpose
of
learners
to
learn
English
was
for
study.
Then,
the
English
language
content
areas
should
be
general
English
which
focused on management or administration. The English language to be used should deal with speaking
and vocabulary that emphasized on the presentation skills in a meeting in order to develop their
professional communication.