Designing Competency-Based
TEFL for S1 Students to Foster Professionalism
Suwarsih Madya
Being
competent to communicate in English is one of the basic needs of all S1
graduates who want to reach a high standard of professionalism upon completing
their S1 study programs. In the course of their study towards graduation,
they have to work hard to develop their prospective profession-related
competencies, of which one is their English competency, so that they are ready
to answer the challenges of this information and communication technology era
with its rapid changes. They certainly differ in their learning needs due to
their discipline background and characteristics. But for sure they have to
develop themselves as first degree holder candidates in the context of
implementing the reform programs in this beloved country. The type of English they
need to learn is English for Academic Purposes. How should an EAP course for
them be designed to help them grow and develop into autonomous lifelong
learners so that they are ready to professionally develop themselves? This
paper tries to answer this single question.
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Madya, S. (2003, August). Designing competency-based TEFL for
S1 student to foster professionalism. Paper presented at the NUESP
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