Scholarship / English Learning during Covid-19 and ESP for Young Adults - TESOL Master Degree Essay (AAS) [2]

Why did you choose your proposed course and institution:

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During 11 years of my working experience at a foreign company, English has been my valuable skill for the longest time. It would be beneficial if I channeled my experience through teaching English, as I wish will be my new career in the future. This leads me to pursue a Master's Degree in Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The purpose not only to get credentials but furthermore to earn a new skill set of the right methods for teaching a second language.

Many people left unemployed as the economic impact due to Covid-19 spread. To support economic recovery, the government launched Omnibus Law to stimulate foreign investment in Indonesia.

The law content makes the job market more competitive. Regarding the situation, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in TESOL study will equip me with the knowledge to design the correct syllabus to prepare the young adult to perform effective English communication in the working field. Moreover, teaching becomes more challenging due to closures of educational institutions due to outbreaks. Planning and Programming in TESOL including Language teaching and learning beyond the classroom course will provide me the knowledge for designing and implementing the compatible distance learning method such as blended learning.

After some research on the TESOL master program courses in Australia, Macquarie and Wollongong University is the best choice for me. Both of the universities specifically offer ESP courses which not offered by other universities. The goal to prepare the students to specialize in a vocational or professional business assignment. Aside from teaching methodologies, Macquarie offers grounding theories that support me in making a proper distance learning syllabus. While Wollongong courses emphasize applied language as effective communication and practical in TESOL experiences. I believe my study reasonably important to avoid being left behind in this time of the pandemic.

Scholarship / Workforce Competency Development through TESOL (Australia Award Scholarship) [2]

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR PROPOSED COURSE AND INSTITUTION:

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Based on government data, 29.12 million working-age people have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Government release Omnibus Law to stimulate foreign investment for economic recovery. Meanwhile, they focus on developing workforce competency through vocational programs for increasing employment, it also requires English communication ability. This is the reason I want to pursue a Master's Degree in Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Apart from aligned with my previous major, it would be beneficial if I channeled my 11 years of working experience at a foreign company for teaching English. It will facilitate to analysis assessment of what students need. The goal to prepare Indonesian workforce to be absorbed by foreign company job market and be able to compete well with foreign workers

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has grown to become one of the most prominent areas of EFL and is available at Macquarie University. It will help me to design a proper syllabus focused on specific discipline needs such as Technical, Medical, or Scientific English. Besides, it offers a new set of skills in teaching, assessing, analyzing, and evaluating methods needed for a particular profession to produce compatible ESP teaching content.

Wollongong University is another option because they provide English in Specific Context. It will help to conduct assessments, design, implement, and evaluate the suitability of ESP teaching content based on field experience. Moreover, they provide an in-depth understanding of second language development, discourse analysis, pedagogical grammars, language assessment which will help me to explore more professional's needs in a wide range industry.

Hopefully, this study can support the government's efforts for mitigating the impact of the pandemic on Indonesia's workforce. Furthermore, this knowledge will have ongoing benefits to prepare the workforce for the demographic dividend by 2030.

Scholarship / English teacher - TESOL and the prospect for my future career (AAS) [4]

How will the proposed study contribute to your career?

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I want to be an English teacher as my new career path, furthermore to be ESP expertise in the future. Currently, I am working as a Document Specialist at a foreign company and I successfully brought this project achieved every milestone in all phases.

The fall-off Indonesian economy during this Covid-19 outbreak pushes the government to create a policy for upgrading the workforce competencies. Regarding the expanded investment by a foreign company, The Ministry of Manpower launched a job training program to meet supply and demand in the labor sector. The program called Triple Skilling focuses on providing hard skills training but without foreign language training. I could assist this program by teaching ESP in a training class held in the local training center. Hopefully, conducting a proper ESP syllabus will help them to understand work procedure instructions and operating the machine properly. Good equipment knowledge will help the company to save the maintenance budget, accelerate the production, prolongs tool life, and also protect the worker from a work accident. The demand for skilled technician labor and good communication in English for foreign company is increasing due to this reason.

Getting MA credentials will benefit me to open opportunities and gain the trust to teach in training center especially the class proposed for adults and professionals. TESOL Master study would earn me a strong basic theory on what methods of teaching students might work best and how to handle the classroom. As I wish to pursue an academic career, Tesol's study will help me to gain a strong theoretical and practical foundation in the field of TESOL. The study covers a broad range of topics within the area of applied linguistics. It helps me to profound language acquisition, strengthen the basis of teaching methods, give the knowledge to research to develop a syllabus, teaching assessment, and evaluation. As a long-term result, hopefully, I could be an ESP expertise that Indonesia can rely on.

Scholarship / ESP practitioner - TESOL and the prospect for my future career (AAS) [2]

How will the proposed study contribute to your career?

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My goal to become an ESP practitioner and I believe my 10 years of work experience could help me for a better approach towards teaching material. Therefore, adequate training in TESOL will provide me strong theoretical foundation, support me to conduct need analysis research for designing the syllabus based on student needs, earning my teaching style and evaluation for study sustainable development. If I am mastering this new skill set, I will teach ESP at a local training center as the initial step.

Regarding the expanded investment by the foreign company, The Ministry of Manpower launched a job training program to meet supply and demand in the labor sector. The program called Triple Skilling focuses on providing hard skills training but without foreign language training. I could assist this program by teaching ESP in a training class at the local training center. The demand for skilled technician labor and good communication in English for foreign companies is increasing. By conducting a proper ESP syllabus will help them to understand work procedure instructions and operating the machine properly. Good equipment knowledge will help the company to save the maintenance budget, accelerate the production, prolongs tool life, and also protect the worker from a work accident.

Upon my return, the TESOL study will take me to meet the requirement for an ESP trainer. It pointed my skill development on how to build various kinds of teaching material for any field, handling the classroom, and engage with the students. I will able to channeled my working experience to build a syllabus for teaching young adults and professionals. Also, the network I gain from AAS program will help me to get sharing knowledge and different perspectives for further teaching development. These aspects will put me on-demand as an ESP trainer especially in my hometown where the economy and industrial growing fast lately.