AN EVALUATION OF ESP COURSE DESIGN FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS

This study was intended to evaluate ESP course design for Biology students whether
the planning and the implementation of it match the theoretical requirements or not.
The data were collected from the interview with three lecturers from Biology
Department and six Biology students from Academic year 200712008 at State
University of Medan and also documentary technique. From the data analysis it was
found that the planning and the implementation of ESP course design for Biology
students did not fulfill the whole requirements in designing an ESP course design
because the lecturers as course designers used a skill-centered approach in
interpreting the data which came from the needs analysis and reviewed the theoretical
models of learning. They did not use a learning-centered approach which should be
used in designing an ESP course. The writer also found that the right lecturer for ESP
course must be a lecturer from the department itself because they master the
knowledge deeply.