Students’ and Lecturers’ Perspectives of Integrated Course (IC)

Abtract: Richards (2001:209) mentioned that many things can be done to create a good teaching- learning  process,  but  it  is  the  teachers  that  determine  the  success  of  teaching.  Thus,  the success  teaching-learning  process  in  S-1  degree  becomes  one  of  the  foundations  of national  education.  Integrated  Course  (IC)  is  one  of  compulsory  course  in  English Department  curriculum  of  University  of  Kanjuruhan  Malang  in  the  first  semester.  This course is aimed to improve students’ fluency in intermediate and pre-intermediate level. The contribution of this research is investigating of lecturers’ and students’ perspective about  the  implementation  of  IC  along  with  the  constraints  of  the  course.  Both  lecturers and  students  viewed  positively  this  course  although  listening  got  the  lowest  score  from students’ perspective. Difficulties mostly faced by lecturers, including time constraint, various students’ levels of proficiency, and the books.
Keywords: Students Perspective, Lecturers Perspective, Integrated Course
Author: Riza Weganofa, M.Pd (Corresponding Author)
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150001

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