VIRTUAL TOUR: A MEDIA TO TEACH ENGLISH FOR TOURISM

This study aims at explaining the use of virtual tours in learning English for tourism in the English for Tourism course at the Department of English Education, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University. Technology is an alternative that is used as a human response. In the field of education, innovation was born through technological developments, namely virtual tour services which became a learning platform equipped with visual, audiovisual and interactive learning resources. Studying at home can be boring for both students and teachers due to the confined environment in the room. It is hoped that the visual service organized by the virtual tour application in Indonesia can provide educational, inspirational and recreational value as well as in learning English for tourism which is carried out onlin

Developing English for Tourism Materials Course based on Banten Local Wisdom

By examining Banten's local wisdom, this paper intends to investigate the evolution of English for Tourism teaching materials. This article examines the concept of material development, material development principles, material development requirements analysis, and local wisdom as a point in the construction of teaching materials. The following section covers the material development process and analyzes the development of English Tourism course materials based on local knowledge. This article also offers advice on how to incorporate local knowledge into material development and how to create useful materials for an English for Tourism course.&nbsp

VIRTUAL TOUR: A MEDIA TO TEACH ENGLISH FOR TOURISM

This study aims at explaining the use of virtual tours in learning English for tourism in the English for Tourism course at the Department of English Education, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University. Technology is an alternative that is used as a human response. In the field of education, innovation was born through technological developments, namely virtual tour services which became a learning platform equipped with visual, audiovisual and interactive learning resources. Studying at home can be boring for both students and teachers due to the confined environment in the room. It is hoped that the visual service organized by the virtual tour application in Indonesia can provide educational, inspirational and recreational value as well as in learning English for tourism which is carried out onlin

Reading Comprehension Test and Its Challenges In Students’ Perspective

There are two objectives of this research were first, to find the most difficult question category that students faced in reading test, and last, to investigate the causes of students' difficulties. This research used a qualitative method and it was conducted at the first semester students of c class English Department of UNTIRTA year 2019. The descriptive method was used to expose the result of this research. The data were collected through documents of reading comprehension final test first semester and an interview with the students. The document was used to find out the most difficult question category, and the result after analyzing the document is the students got difficulties in answering the question about vocabulary mastery. It is also supported by the result of interviewing the students. There were 17 students from 20 students or 85% felt that the vocabulary question category in part B was difficult. Then, the interview was also used to investigate the causes of the student's difficulties in reading test. The result got after analysis, the causes of the students got difficulties and confused to answer vocabulary question because they were lack of vocabulary mastery, and their reading habit was poor. So, it indicates that students’ capability of guessing meaning some unfamiliar vocabulary or words in the current context needs to be improved

DESIGNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE SYLLABUS FOR EDITING COURSE

The objective of this research is to design an English for specific purposes syllabus for Editing Course. This research used Research and Development method. This research consists of two main activities: 1) need analysis and 2) designing an English for specific purposes syllabus for editing course. The data for this research were collected through an open-ended questionnaire consisting of 7 items, and study of literature. The open-ended questionnaire was used to collect data about students’ understanding of Editing. The study of literature was used as supporting theories to design and develop Syllabus for Editing Course. The study showed that the syllabus of Editing Course need to be designed based on prerequisite knowledge and skills of an Editor, such as knowledge and skills in mechanical, content, and language editing