The Implementation of BEDSRA Teaching Strategy in English for Accounting Classroom
- DOI
- 10.2991/iselt-17.2017.4How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- BEDSRA Teaching Strategy, English for Specific Purposes, target knowledge, target need, learning need.
- Abstract
The implementation of BEDSRA Teaching Strategy in English for Accounting Classroom at one of universities in Jambi Proven is proven. BEDSRA stands for Brainstorming, Exploring ideas, Discussion, Sharing ideas, Re-writing about ideas, and Assessment, it is a new strategy in teaching English for Specific Purposes for accounting study program. The implementation of this strategy is aimed at improving teaching English for Specific Purposes especially for teaching materials for accounting study program at university level. The previous learning English material was using general English with unstructured strategy which was unmatched with the needs of the study program of accounting students. The research was conducted at a state university in Jambi Province with 46 students by giving the questionnaires to get the needs of learning materials which consists of two indicators. Target needs and learning needs questionnaires were constructed to find the needs of the students of the English teaching materials for accounting students. Implementing BEDSRA Teaching Strategy and specific materials to the accounting students revealed that the students of accounting program needs a specific material in learning English which has tight relationship with their study program. While English skills needs to be combined with the knowledge target of accounting, especially reading for enriching their vocabularies in accountancy. Writing is also needed to write some report and writing presentation papers.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Suyadi SUYADI PY - 2017/05 DA - 2017/05 TI - The Implementation of BEDSRA Teaching Strategy in English for Accounting Classroom BT - Proceedings of the Fifth International Seminar on English Language and Teaching (ISELT 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 16 EP - 26 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iselt-17.2017.4 DO - 10.2991/iselt-17.2017.4 ID - SUYADI2017/05 ER -