DEVELOPMENT ESP MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS FOR LAW FACULTY

During the recent years, English has increasingly become a medium for teaching
and learning of other subjects. This use of English as an auxiliary language is
especially important in many countries, which rely to a great extent on 'textbooks
written in English, especially at the university level. However, English is taught in
this major is not General English anymore. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is
the suitable and important course to be applied to teach students. The objectives of
this qualitative research were identifying the language skills and developing
English materials for students of Law Faculty, University of Simalungun,
Pematangsiantar. The researcher observed the available English materials that
were used by the lecturer. Based on the evaluation, it seems that some of the
materials were not related to the field of the study, i.e Law. In order to
accommodate the students' future career, a needs analysis was carried out so as to
discover the present situation analysis (PSA) and target situation analysis (TSA).
A questionnaire and interview questions were used as the instruments of the data
collection. The responses given by the students and lecturer were analyzed, using
percentages. The research findings reveals that the students preferred to have
speaking (52.5%) and Reading 22.5%) and these two skills were related to the
students' lack. They would like to have the practice (72.5%) more than the theory
and 25% would like theory and practice if the same balance. They would like to
communicate (77.5%) in English and the teaching materials should be related to
the authentic issues as their m~or field. A communicative syllabus should be
created i.e. to see the language in use. Based on the results of the study,
conclusions, implications, and suggestions are directed to the enhancement of
teaching-learning process and the lecturer should be aware of the importance of
revising and updating the materials in connection with the hot issues of the
present time.