An Analysis of Student’s need on English Accounting Materials at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

133 International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE) Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2024, pp. 133-145 ISSN 2686-0120 (print), 2686-5106 (online) http://journal.univetbantara.ac.id/index.php/ijelle/index An Analysis of Student’s need on English Accounting Materials at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar Sujariatia1, Yassir Mallapiangb2, Satangc3 a,b Faculty c of Teacher Trainer and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah ,Makassar, Indonesia English Department of Education, Universitas Sulawesi Raya, Makassar. Indonesia , , * Corresponding Author Received 8 October 2024; accepted 27 December 2024; published 31 December 2024 ABSTRACT This research focused on the student’s needs of the learning English accounting materials as accounting study program, and absolutely it will be contributed to develop syllabus of English accounting study program. The method of this study was mix-methods through quantitative and qualitative design. The subject of the research were the students in accounting Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. The instrument in this research are questionnaire and interview. A questionnaire and interview were constructed to find out the student’s perception of existing materials, the weaknesses, the need, and wants of the students to which a good and appropriate English book of Accounting. The findings showed that the students of accounting program need a specific material in term particular topics of accounting activity which has tight relationship with their study program. Other findings showed the students’ wants about clearly structures of materials in term input, Specific topic materials, language use, procedure, setting classes’ instruction, and feedback which are provided all on the course book. All findings would be contributed on a course book as the students guidance in learning English KEYWORDS Accounting English Materials Students’ need Students’ want This is an openaccess article under the CC–BY-SA license 1. Introduction (Heading 1) Educational process is provide a good services of teaching in language development that should be considered by many educators. One important thing to serve a good teaching for student is by facilitating student with a good book reference and good model of teaching, and to fulfill those things only by doing need analysis which involved two terms namely; environment analysis and background students’ analysis. Environment analysis refers to what students’ need to learn in supporting their future, what students’ weaknesses, what students want to do in process learning, and what students wish after learning. Besides, background analysis refers to the students; level of cognitive, students’ level of English proficiency, and students’ cultures. Need analysis is required to be efforts of teacher in designing syllabus, lesson plan or teaching materials, and it also can help teachers to develop their preparation in teaching, and absolutely it values for educator as a professional teachers. Hence, need analysis is valuable action in searching then gathering information that will serve as the fundamental of teaching and learning process developed. (Boroswki, 2006) said that it is necessary to do need doi :10.32585/ijelle.v6i2.5873 134 International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE) ISSN 2686-0120 (print), 2686-5106 (online) Vol. 6., No. 2, December 2024, pp. 133-145 analysis before teaching an ESP class. Many previous findings showed up the need of accounting students and have done by researchers such as (G Province, 2023) who claimed a need analysis is one of the crucial things of teaching English students in both formal and informal course, it refers to the activities which then would be elaborated in gaining information that will serve to students as the basis or fundamental in developing an appropriate curriculum for learning needs of particular group of students. In other words Need analysis is a process involved searching information, identifying, analyzing the need, weaknesses of learning and deciding of what course will be done. Additionally, (Listiyana & Baron, 2022) further claimed that the main point in doing teaching learning process which suit with the system or role of learning and development, it must be started by doing need analysis before continuing to the planning and training activity on a process teaching and learning. Furthermore, the purpose of doing need analysis is apply appropriate materials, to do useful activity in teaching, and give good services to students based on the students’ need. In educational process, need analysis is absolute and real activity for learning process because many advantages of need analysis itself for teacher and students, especially for ESP courses, need analysis is much needed because students have specific need, that is why each student or learner or group of learner will be different need with individual or other group. Beside the need of learner or students is different, need of institution where students are learning is different. That make teaching ESP in university become varied and diverse so that need analysis is very characterize the teaching material that would implemented in the teaching ESP class program possible (Becker, 1990). Other fortunate is for students who learns ESP where they will be impressed and interested in learning ESP, they will assumed that learning materials which created based on need analysis can fulfill their need and want, and certainly they will be serious in learning English. When students are interested with the in learning materials, automatically they also will be motivated to learn English seriously. Dealt with need analysis, many research have done by some researchers refers to the importance of doing need analysis for ESP class, such as (Raymond & Brisay, 2000) mentioned that teaching and learning ESP is likely new discipline within the language use and the application of linguistics on ESP subject lesson must focus on learner-centered approach to gather them in using specific linguistic in teaching, then the both materials and learning strategy should be based on the particular language of the learner need. Other researcher (Cha et al., 2023) investigated the problems of teaching English in specific oriented students or particular students were poor of English proficiency, they are lack of interest and desire in learning so that they showed passive performance in class. Related to the statement above, Non English students specifically an accountant students need to be provided English materials as accordance with some activities and appropriate instruction such as particular vocabularies in accounting, how to make proposal investment, how to deal with partner business, how to serve any complain from customers and any other activities deal with accounting. Refers to the some references of important skill in teaching English specific purposes, researcher assum (...truncated)