ASSESSING TOURISM STUDENTS’ ENGLISH PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE BASED ON ASEAN COMMON COMPETENCY STANDARD

Ni Nyoman Yunike Kurniarini, Untung Waluyo, Kamaludin Yusra

Abstract


This study is aimed to analyze the tourism students’ English proficiency competence based on ASEAN Common Competency Standard (ACCS). The study used a descriptive qualitative method and the data were gained through English competency based workplace assessment for the students in three sub divisions at PDD Lombok Barat; hotel accommodation, culinary, and hotel engineering. The findings of the study showed that more than half of tourism students are still in the category of “low competence” in attaining English competencies based on ACCS.

Keywords


competence; ASEAN Common Competency Standard, assessment.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25078/yb.v4i2.2766

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