English for Economics: Analysis of English Needs on Economic Students in ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

Abstract

English competence becomes very crucial to face global competition which includes competition of human resources, education, and economy, Quality improvement human resources became the key to successfully facing the free market in the era of ASEAN economic Community (AEC). English as a general course that must be followed by students should be able to meet the demands of competence; this is of course needs appropriate material especially for economic students so that students can understand material and economic terms. Such material is known as ESP or English for Specific Purpose. This study aims to determine the problems faced by STIE Bina Bangsa Economic students in learning English, the needs of economic students related to English for Economics material, as well as the preparation of material into the syllabus of English Economy. This research uses qualitative research method of descriptive case study. The research results showed 79% of respondents agreed that English is needed to compete against in AEC, the micro capabilities are still not well mastered by the majority of respondents, with the percentage of micro capability is less than 30%. The materials are most needed vocabulary, grammar, the typical expressions in correspondence. The text input for reading and writing are the pictures, signs, maps, Instruction using manual tools, business letter.