The Perception of Lectures and Working Students Toward English Proficiency

The growing of University is counted on the successfulness of its alumni to sail through different levels of their career. Generally, English is viewed as a subject imposed on the University curriculum for the students’ future career. This study is considered as preliminary findings of English proficiency of the student worker. The primary objective is to elaborate the lecturers’ and students’ perceptions towards students’ English proficiency. The interview and questionnaire were conducted in Batam, Indonesia. This reports the perceptions obtained from the lecturers and students based on the following themes: their general knowledge in English as foreign language subject, strength, weakness and overall achievement. There were 9 English lecturers and 39 students participated on the semi structure questionnaire based in the four universities in Batam. The research revealed various phenomena of students’ weakness and strength in learning English in the context of Batam. The motivation and vocabulary are the two-major variable need more attention on the English subject among student worker.