'Faculty of Agriculture, Sebelas Maret University'
Abstract
In order to develop their academic quality, it is very important for UNS\u27 lecturers to improve English competency. It needs a conscientious management to reach the goal of having English competency effectively. Based on the result of the interview with the lecturers who attend English course, it was found that there were some obstacles in carrying out the English course. The data were collected by using questionnaire and interview. The result of this research showed that there were some obstacles dealing with developing lecturers\u27 English competency: (1) management factors, the time of English course activity often overlapped with lecturers\u27 other activities, consequently it caused only few participants attend the course; (2) the motivation of trainees factor, it showed that they had low need of achievement. It can be seen from some indicators: a) they did not spend time to learn the material outside the classroom; b) they did not study English at home; c) they attended the course without preparation. Therefore the researcher proposed several suggestions: (1) it is crucial to improve coordination to hold the course at the appropriate time; (2) it is necessary to motivate the trainees by giving rewards in connection with improvement in career or promotion/rank
