An Analysis of the English Speaking and Writing Skill Level of Tour Guides in Trenggalek’s Tourist Villages
Abstract
Tourist village has been one of the main focuses of Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy right now. Indonesian government is targeting 3000 tourist villages in Indonesia, and some areas may start developing its tourist villages, one of which is Trenggalek, a small regency that is located in East Java. Trenggalek is targeting 100 tourist villages by 2024. One of the most important supporting components in tourist villages is tour guide. In other words, the role of tour guide is inseparable from the existence of tourist villages. To fulfill their duties, a tour guide must master some skills, one of which is English skill. A tour guide is required to comprehend four English skills, especially productive skills; speaking and writing. In Trenggalek, some tour guides are in charge of tourist villages. However, most of them have not joined English training programs. Their English skill level has also not been analysis or mapped. This study then initiates the analysis of English skill level of tour guides in tourist villages in Trenggalek. The study employs qualitative descriptive research to find the data. The findings reveal that there are some levels of both speaking and writing skill. However, speaking skill levels are more diverse compared to the writing ones.
References
Asgari, A., & Mustapha, G. (2011). The influence of informal language learning environment (parents and home environment) on the vocabulary learning strategies. English Language and Literature Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.5539/ells.v1n1p7
Central Bureau of Statistics. Bps.go.id. (2022). Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://www.bps.go.id/subject/16/pariwisata.html.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research Methods in Education, Sixth Edition.
Damayanti, L. S. (2019). The role of English language skills in the tourism industry. Journey, 2(1), 71–82.
Doyle, P. & Goh, C. (2014). How do speaking and writing support each other? in book: Language in education. Social implications chapter: 6. Bloomsbury Academic. Editors: Rita Elaine Silver, Soe Marlar Lwin
Egar, N., Fahmi, DA, Yulianti, F., & Musarokah, S. (2017). Village youth empowerment Bendosari Tourism, Plantungan District, Kendal Regency, through training in guiding tourism. Journal of Dedicators Community, 1(2), 150–157.
Elfiondri, Zaitul, & Rina, N. (2021). Tradition, cultural contact and English for tourism: The case of Mentawai, Indonesia. Heliyon, 7(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07322
García M., M. del P., & Hidalgo, M. de los Á. (2017). L1 use among young EFL mainstream and CLIL learners in task-supported interaction. System, 67, 132–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2017.05.004.
Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of English language teaching. Pearson Education Limited.
Home. Tourism.trenggalekkab.go.id. (2022). Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://pariwisata.trenggalekkab.go.id/.
Muhajir, (2015), Becoming a beginner tour guide. Jakarta: Grasindo.
Mukti, AB (2005). The role of the tour guide in the tour. Dynamics of Tourism, 3(1).
Naatonis, R. (2020). The tourism guide application in Kupang City is based on a mobile website. Journal of Research Innovation, 1(7), 1319-1324.https://doi.org/10.47492/jip.v1i7.231.
Nation, I. S. P., & Newton, J. (2009). Teaching ESL/EFL listening and speaking. New York, NY: Routledge.
Oktavia, A., Poerwantika, T., Kunkunrat, K., & Afriantari, R. (2019). Development of the ability of tour guides in Warnasari Village, Pengalengan District, Bandung Regency. Kaibon Abhinaya : Journal of Community Service, 2(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.30656/ka.v2i1.1686.
Pérez, M. C., & Basse, R. (2015). Analysing errors of CLIL and non-CLIL primary school students in their written and oral productions: A comparative study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 173, 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.02.023
Rahayu, SPP, Anantanyu, S., & Mulyanto, M. (2019). Tourism awareness group community participation in tourism developmentment in Trenggalek Regency. In proceedings of industrial research workshop and national seminar, Vol. 10, No.1, pp. 1348-1356.
Soraya, M., Soetarto, H., & Alfiyah, N. (2021). Optimization of tour guides in tourism services in Sumenep Regency. Public corner, 16(2), 42-63.https://doi.org/10.24929/fisip.v16i2.1698.
Sudibya, B. (2018). Village tours and village tours. Bali Journal Building Bali.
Sujaya, N. (2021). English language training for tour guides in Semarapura Kaja Village in the context of integrated tourism development. Linguistic Community Services Journal, 2(1), 30-37.https://doi.org/10.22225/licosjournal.v2i1.3134.
Udoyono, B. (2008). Success in becoming a professional tour guide. Saint Blanc.
Vold, E. T., & Brkan, A. (2020). Classroom discourse in lower secondary French-as-a-foreign-language classes in Norway: Amounts and contexts of first and target language use. System, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102309
Wearing, SL & Donald, Mc. (2001). The development of community based tourism: Re-thinking the relationship between tour operators and development agents as intermediaries in rural and isolated area communities. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
Yoeti, OA (2000). Tourism science. Pertaja. https://vlevs.com/advanced-vocabulary-level-cefr/accessed on 17th of April 2022
Copyright (c) 2022 Dwi Wahyuningtyas, Wahyu Kyestiati Sumarno, Ria Arista Asih, Fathika Endriana, Khofiatul Rosdiana Windiarti, Naajihah Mafruudloh
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy by http://ejurnal.budiutomomalang.ac.id/index.php/journey/index is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
