What Do Mathematics and Physics Students Need from Learning English?

Dindin Nasrudin, Aan Hasanah, Yayu Nurhayati Rahayu, Chaerul Rochman

2018

Abstract

English is a compulsory subject that must be taken by all undergraduate students including students of Mathematics and Physics (MP) education. English teaching content and approach for MP education students should be appropriate and support the students’ achievement of learning outcomes. This study would like to reveal what content and skills are required by the students related to English classroom. This research is a preliminary study with Cross-Sectional Survey method. The main findings of this research are (1) the difference in the main contents of learning English for every department (2) the importance of need analysis in determining English learning content and approaches for each department (3) the need for collaboration between English and content lecturers in preparing the syllabus. This study concludes that English classroom in MP Education Department should be adjusted to the students’ needs and the learning outcomes of the department. This research recommends the establishment of team teaching for English classrooms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nasrudin D., Hasanah A., Rahayu Y. and Rochman C. (2018). What Do Mathematics and Physics Students Need from Learning English?. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 228-235. DOI: 10.5220/0008216200002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Dindin Nasrudin and Aan Hasanah and Yayu Nurhayati Rahayu and Chaerul Rochman},
title={What Do Mathematics and Physics Students Need from Learning English?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={228-235},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008216200002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - What Do Mathematics and Physics Students Need from Learning English?
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Nasrudin D.
AU - Hasanah A.
AU - Rahayu Y.
AU - Rochman C.
PY - 2018
SP - 228
EP - 235
DO - 10.5220/0008216200002284