The S1 Graduates
English Language Competence as Expected by the Stakeholders
Ratna Sayekti Rusli
Is the English language that has been taught so far in the formal
educational institutions able to meet the need of the work force market in this
coming globalization and free trade market era ? This
chapter presents the result of a study in the form of a survey conducted in
2002 in DKI Jakarta of which the purpose was to obtain information concerning
the English language competence of the S1 graduates as expected by the
stakeholders in facing the globalization era and the free market trade. The
data attained were aimed to be used as the basis for revising the curriculum of
S1 English Departments. The population comprises the stakeholders in the
educational institutions and non educational institutions who employ the S1
graduates of the English departments and the S1 graduates of the English
departments at their work places. The sampling technique was stratified random
sampling. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire and an
interview schedule. The result of the study reveals that nowadays the S1
graduates of the English departments have to be equipped with a plus competence
of the English language that is applicable to meet the need of the society in
this rapid advancing technology and also to meet the need for the mastery of
life skills.
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