THE REASON WHY PEDICAB DRIVER HAVE TO STUDY ENGLISH

Sabang is an island which has been known about its underwater spots and surrounded by
some tiny islands, blue sea water with beautiful trees and society life with strong maritime
culture became unique to visitors. Sabang has a great potential in the field of tourism as the
growth of tourist’s interest from a wide variety of cultures and lifestyle throughout the globe, but
it needs good human resources to support tourism development.

To attract more visitors to visit this island, we need to understand the chosen language in the
international tourism, such as English. To increase tourists coming to the island, the stakeholders
need to understand that the quality of services need to be improve, especially in improving the
services to foreign tourists, including mastering foreign languages. Employees of authority,
management, pedicab drivers, and citizens who live in the tourism area are supposed to master
the foreign language, at least they have to master the simple conversation related to the tourism.
It would be very positive if the local citizens have the knowledge to communicate in foreign
language, even with very simple conversation. The fact that, not all people who live in Sabang
speak English. This include the stakeholders who work at the field of tourism. Therefore the
awareness of understanding English need to be raised in Sabang. It became necessary for anyone
who work in tourism to develop their speaking skills to fulfill tourist needs.

In Sabang especially, English is really matters on pedicab drivers journey career. We

know that pedicab drivers with really good speaking skill, will always get foreign tourist as his
customers even more the local customers and that will very impact to their economic growth.
And instead of. It very important to have at least basic knowledge of English because they live in
tourist sector and communicate with foreigner almost everyday.

English really gave them significant impact. For informants like pedicab drivers and who
worked at resorts, good English really affects their income. By going to always understanding
and learning English skill.
 SYLLABUS FOR PEDICAB DRIVER

KOMPETENSI INDIKATOR LEARNING TIME ASSESMENT

DASAR MATERIAL ALLOCATION

1.1 Responding 1.1.1 Becaks’  Day 1. Asking about

the meaning that driver will be their perceptions
-Introducing 30 Minutes
include in able to in English.
youself and
transuctional understand about
warming up the
conversations (to the basic of
class.
get things done) English and the
and interpersonal expressions that
(socialization) used in
 Day 2
simply to interact conversations Fill the blank of
with the (greeting, giving -Learning the missed
surrounding and asking vocabulary that vocabulary
30 Minutes
environment that informations related to tourism using pictures as
involves greeting, expression, and the media.
asking and giving giving and pronunciation.
information asking directions
expressions, by expressions).
paying attention to  Day 3
Susun kata kerja
social functions,
- Good and right complete the
text structures and 1.1.2 Becaks’ 30 Minutes
sentences (positif, sentences using
linguistic elements driver will be
negatif, games (fill the
that are correct able to apply the
introgatif). blank) in the
and in context. greeting, giving
board.
and asking
information
expressions,
Write down
giving and  Day 4 what the drivers
asking in
-Watch short tell or ask first
responding 30 Minutes
basic when they get
something into
conversations the customer
the
videos about and what does
conversations.
greetings, giving custumor says

and asking when they meet

direction them.

expressions.
  Day 5 Choose which
one is the right
-Variations of 30 minutes
expression using
greeting
choices
expressions
questions.
( Greeting: Hi,
Hello, Good
morning, Good
afternoon, Good
evening...,) and its
responds (good
morning, hai, yes
good afternoon).

 Day 6
Using greetings
- Greetings 30 minutes
expression into
expressions into
conversations.
the conversations.

 Day 7
Fill the blank
-Variations of with the right
30 minutes
giving and asking answer about
information the using of
expressions (Do asking and
you happen to giving
know.. Do you informations.
see... Where do
you want to go ?).

 Day 8

- Asking and
30 minutes Using gicing
giving
and asking
informations in
informations
conversations.
into
conversation.
  Day 9

- Variations of Choose the best

asking and giving answer in
30 minutes
directions choices
(Asking questions.
directions:
Excusme, where
is.., Pardon,
where is...,

Giving directions:
It’s that way,
You’re going the
wrong way, Take
the first left).

Placement
 Day 10
arrangement
30 minutes
- Asking and giving and

Giving directions asking

expression into expression in

the conversation. the board.

10 minutes
-Closing the class.