Esp Materials Evaluation: Informatics Students’ Perspectives

Abstract

English for Specific Purpose is a significantly crucial course to be learnt for students of Higher Education relating to their own major studies. Along with this, ESP materials evaluation is a must after the learning process.This study investigated the students' perspectives on ESP materials for the Informatics students. The qualitative research used 15 questionnaires to collect the data from 50 students of Informatics in the third semester of Universitas Catur Insan Cendekia. The questionnaires were distributed through Google Form using the Likert scale, namely Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (S), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD). The findings showed that they had a positive perspective from the students to evaluate the ESP materials that were implemented for one semester. The ESP materials evaluation involves four main points. Firstly, the ESP materials are helpful and interesting. Then, ESP materials make the students more confident to learn independently. ESP materials develop the students' critical thinking skills. Lastly, the ESP materials are presented attractively. This present study suggests the ESP teachers/practitioners to develop ESP materials to be applied in the ESP classroom.