Philosophy Aspect in Business Basic I Book For ESP Student Used at University

Piping Rahadianto


DOI: https://doi.org/10.29100/bright.v3i2.1636

Abstract


English used for every reason at university for example such as English collaborated with culture and aspect that must be more important in daily uses as the English for specific things or purposes. All we know it as English for Specific Purposes or ESP. Such as in the development of teaching and learning English especially English in university or the most specific in ESP we need a media or book in their procedure and its implementation. And for its procedures every materials or book are definitely must be appropriate with the education aspect such as the philosophical aspects on its. On addition philosophical aspect is the main aspect on it that can be a hence to elaborated the material for the student need especially for ESP student. This research objective is to explain the appropriateness of the philosophical aspects in Business Basic I Book for ESP Student used in STKIP PGRI Tulungagung in terms of contents. The design of this study is descriptive qualitative, and it is taken from documents, audio-video recordings, transcripts, words, pictures, etc. This research is categorized as qualitative research design because this study is aimed to identify the book toward the criteria of good book used in STKIP PGRI Tulungagung. Based on the result and analysis of research that have been done, the writer can conclude that a book with the title Business Basic I was categories in an appropriate and a good book related to the description of the material. And for the interpretation toward the philosophical foundation aspects that consist six aspects such as Clarity, Consistency with the fact, Consistency with Experience, Consistency with other Beliefs, Utility and Simplicity it can be shown that this book run and construct by social reconstruction philosophy and structuralism philosophy. It can be shown from the several philosophical foundation aspect from the data collection result.

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Philosophy Aspect, Book, ESP Student

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