ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE: NEED ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR AGRICULTURE STUDENTS ( A Case Study at Vocational High School in Tasikmalaya )

Abstract

This study focused on identifying the need of English vocabulary needed by agriculture students. This study is aimed to knowing the vocabularies needed by agriculture students horticulture major and students‟ perceptions about the importance of English vocabulary needs for agriculture students. This study used qualitative case study design. This research conducted at a vocational school in Tasikmalaya in horticulture major. To collect the data, the researcher combined data obtained from twenty-one participants consisting one of English teacher and twenty agricultural students at horticulture major used semi-structure interview and open-ended questionnaire. For analysis data interview, the researcher used thematic analysis and the step for analyzed, the researcher conducted this interview by recording audio by phone then the audio transcribe into written form,coding data, and determine the theme research themes. Meanwhile, for analyzed open-ended questionnaire the researcher analyzed and interpreting subsequently. In doing analysis, the researcher give the code in participants answer, arrange the data, and finally the researcher get the result of the conclusion of the questionnaire. The results semi-structure interview showed that the English vocabulary needed agricultural students there are English vocabulary collection of specific terms for agriculturists, animal breeders, and in some fields of agriculture, such as cultivate the plants, care the plants, agricultural equipments, or scientific names of plants. Meanwhile, the result of open-ended questionnaire based on students‟ perceive, showed that vocabulary for agriculture are important, because by learning English vocabulary can increase students‟ knowledge especially specific vocabulary, as well as learning English vocabulary for agriculture is useful for their careers, especially communication and business. Finally, the researcher provides the suggestions of the needs of vocational students, especially of English vocabularies needed by agriculture students.