**4. The purpose of English learning for non-native students in higher education**

Whatever study program the student chooses in their university or college, there is an English subject that belongs to the list of lessons they have to take. According to the previous explanation about the application of ESP in English learning that does not always conform to the student's needs and the fact that the teacher or lecturer wants to make the implementation of ESP simpler by focusing more on the learning activity and arranging the lesson with the standard that they make by themselves, there is

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a consideration of understanding the objective of the lesson. The consideration can come from the area of the institution, the level of students' skill in English, and the environment.

Positioning the viewpoints of the students as participants, a clearer illustration might be gotten. When we think about one of the fields, that is computer science, the assumption is that students of computer science must have an interest in its field. This is because it becomes the common reason for them to choose it as their study concern in higher education. On the other hand, the previous subsection describes the condition with the terms of wrong major students and there are students who come only to finish their education and get their bachelor's degree without any interest in computer science. It means that not all of them must have an interest in the topic of computers. They might not think of computers all the time, including the time when they join English class. They tend to have the mindset that by joining English class, they learn about English, how to speak in English, how to write and read English text, and what the English speaker says. Their needs tend to lie in improving their skill in the English language for general context. Understanding the facts of it and terms of ESP for the context of EFL, it is possible to give a reformation to the purpose of English class.

Besides, outlining the condition of non-native students in English class makes a presupposition that English class can be focused to another specific purpose, like academics, even for the students who study computer science. Apart from considering competence, the needs of students in higher education are broader. English lessons that they have gotten in their previous education might not really be enough to make them have an understanding of reading English journal articles or writing it. Another lecturer also gives suggestions to English material lessons for delivering the material of reading and writing journal articles. Research carried out by Huzniati proves that students of computer science expect that English class can give them skills that are needed for their work, like speaking and reading [15]. However, the experience stated in the previous subsection gives the author's conclusion that the purpose of the class should be to point to the more specific skill that is useful to be applied to another subject, and the way to achieve it is by making the students happy [16, 17]. The lecture can create a fun class by arranging the material based on their interest.

### **5. Conclusions**

Talking about the reflection of the field of study, the discussion in this chapter proves whatever the study chosen by the students in their higher education level does not mean that they always talk about it. They can talk about other things based on their interest. And understanding the topics that lie on their mind is beneficial to help the lecturer achieve success in learning.
