THE LITERACY COMPETENCY OF THE STUDENTS IN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT OF SEMARANG STATE POLYTECHNIC IN BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE VIEWED FROM ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. Technological advances have resulted a shift of its  interpretation, so that the applications  of the scope of literacy are becoming wider and more complex, therefore this affects  the literacy competence. The aim of this study is to examine the  literacy competencies which cover three aspects of abilities, namely language aspects, social aspects, and cognitive aspects of of the students majoring in Accounting of Semarang State Polytechnic in making business presentations in English language. The data used in this research is recorded  from the sample of students in doing the presentation. The samples of this research are 60 students from the Accounting Department who are taken from the all 6 Study Programs  in Accounting Department, therefore, there are 10 students of each Study Program. Hopefully, that the results of this study can contribute to the development of literacy theory, applied language theory, as well as the theory of learning language and literacy in general. Moreover, it will increase the scores of the students in making business presentations in English. The expected output of this study is the map of the literacy competence of the students majoring in Accounting Department in Semarang State Polytechnic. While the expected outcome is improvements in the teaching and learning process in Business English Course, as well as improvement the students competence in doing business presentation .

Keywords: business presentation, competence, literacy