The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum
This research aimed to find out the English language proficiency of the local tour guides at the Aceh Tsunami Museum, Aceh, Indonesia, and the difficulties that they faced in communicating with foreign tourists in English. A quantitative and qualitative descriptive research design was utilized to co...
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| author | Sofyan Abdul Gani Cut Intan Damayanti |
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| description | This research aimed to find out the English language proficiency of the local tour guides at the Aceh Tsunami Museum, Aceh, Indonesia, and the difficulties that they faced in communicating with foreign tourists in English. A quantitative and qualitative descriptive research design was utilized to collect data in which an English proficiency test and an interview were used as instruments. The research subjects were 13 local guides working in the Aceh Tsunami Museum. Based on the results from this research, it was found that virtually all the participating tour guides were in the categories of very good, good and average. However, they still experienced problems with several aspects of speaking EFL, such as expressing ideas verbally, poor collocations i.e. incorrect or inappropriate word choices, poor pronunciation, and lack of confidence when speaking English. It is expected that the results from this research will become a useful input for the management of English Education institutions for improving their instructional systems and for tour guides to continue learning and developing their communication skills, especially their oral English communication skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3509957463944965b2f1911e177b45c52023-02-08T03:49:09ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752018-09-015226927810.24815/siele.v5i2.111788922The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami MuseumSofyan Abdul Gani0Cut Intan Damayanti1Syiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversityThis research aimed to find out the English language proficiency of the local tour guides at the Aceh Tsunami Museum, Aceh, Indonesia, and the difficulties that they faced in communicating with foreign tourists in English. A quantitative and qualitative descriptive research design was utilized to collect data in which an English proficiency test and an interview were used as instruments. The research subjects were 13 local guides working in the Aceh Tsunami Museum. Based on the results from this research, it was found that virtually all the participating tour guides were in the categories of very good, good and average. However, they still experienced problems with several aspects of speaking EFL, such as expressing ideas verbally, poor collocations i.e. incorrect or inappropriate word choices, poor pronunciation, and lack of confidence when speaking English. It is expected that the results from this research will become a useful input for the management of English Education institutions for improving their instructional systems and for tour guides to continue learning and developing their communication skills, especially their oral English communication skills.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/11178english language proficiencyenglish for specific purposes (esp)speaking efltour guidestourism |
| spellingShingle | Sofyan Abdul Gani Cut Intan Damayanti The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum Studies in English Language and Education english language proficiency english for specific purposes (esp) speaking efl tour guides tourism |
| title | The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum |
| title_full | The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum |
| title_fullStr | The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum |
| title_short | The ability to speak English of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the Aceh Tsunami Museum |
| title_sort | ability to speak english of the local tour guides for promoting tourism at the aceh tsunami museum |
| topic | english language proficiency english for specific purposes (esp) speaking efl tour guides tourism |
| url | https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/11178 |
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