Learning Business English by Apprenticeship

he purpose of this research is to describe the students’ activity,
problems and advantages in joining Business English apprenticeship in
even semester 1999 in some organizations in Malang.
The researcher uses descriptive design. It deals to know the
phenomena that happen for Business English students in joining
apprenticeship in even semester 1999 of English department, Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education in Muhammadiyah University of
Malang.
The population and sample of this research are the students at
English department joined Business English choice II in even semester
in 1999 that are 71 students. Obtaining data uses interview, observation
and questionnaire. The procedures of collecting data are giving
interview, conducting observation, giving questionnaires and identifying
the data based on the research problems.
Based on the finding, the students do in apprenticeship in 10
organizations in Malang Raya. Those are Royal Orchid Garden Hotel,
Pelangi Hotel, Kartika Wijaya Hotel, UMM University Inn, Jatim Park and
Coban Pelangi Waterfall, KUD Pakis, BKKBN, Bea & Cukai and PDAM
at F&B, HK and guiding and also administration.
The activities done in F&B are as waitress, preparing breakfast,
lunch and dinner, clear up breakfast, lunch and lunch, preparing the food
for meeting, clear up the food for meeting, clean the tools and making
food & drink while HK such as make the room in order and beautiful,
make bed neat, checking the condition of room and make the room
clean whereas in guiding are accompanying the tourist or visitor, telling
the tourist and ticketing while in administration receiving payment for
electricity and water, translating and lecturing.
The advantages got from apprenticeship are finding out knowledge,
getting experience and having some friends while guiding only gets
experience and knowledge whereas in administration get experience
and some friends.
The problems faced by the students in apprenticeship are
adaptation, not enough knowledge of F&B and get a place for
apprenticeship while in guiding are adaptation and to get data whereas
in administration are to get a place for apprenticeship and adaptation.