Designing ESP Learning Materials for the Accounting Program at Vocational High Schools Based on Hutchinson and Waters’ (1987) Learning-Centered Approach

Abstract

Theoretically, ESP (English for Specific Purposes) focuses on providing the target language (English) materials that meet the students‟ learning needs, but practically the teaching of it tends to be underexplored in Indonesian vocational schools. This is due to the fact that the implementation of the 2013 Curriculum-based policy that generalizes the English to learn at both general and vocational high schools remains debatable. Therefore, this study aimed at designing appropriate ESP learning materials for the vocational students who major in accounting, and the materials design was based on Hutchinson and Waters‟ (1987) learning-centered approach. From the needs analysis, it was found that, the students with their low level of English proficiency requested the English learning materials that can help them learn accounting from the textbooks written in English