Article 2020

The Mastery of and Strategies for Understanding the Idiomatic Expressions Applied by the Students of Hospitality and Tourism

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education
Journal · Vol. 32 · Issue 3 · pp. 167-177
Abstract

The present study aimed at exploring the level of idiomatic expressions mastery, the strategies for understanding them, the obstacles, English skills and functional English that the students of Hospitality and Tourism Institutes need. The study applied mixed-methods. Data were collected with Needs-analysis, Document, Test, and Interview analyzed with descriptive statistics and qualitative. It indicates that the mastery of idiomatic expressions mastery of the students of Hospitality and Tourism is “Low”, no idiomatic expressions teaching, lack familiarity with strategies for understanding idiomatic expressions, the priority English skills include Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading; and the primary Functional English needed are General Conversations, Providing Services, Giving information Offering Help and Asking for Co-operation. Therefore, the Hospitality and Tourism educations should improve the quality of the English language teaching. © 2019 The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.

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tourism hospitality esp functional English idiomatic expressions

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Postgraduate Program of English Education, University of Mataram, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Department of English Education, University of Mataram, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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