TY - JOUR SP - 147 KW - community-based tourism; ESP; local wisdom; needs analysis IS - 2 JF - Saga - Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics EP - 162 Y1 - 2022/07/19/ VL - 3 N2 - The present study aimed to investigate the target needs as well as learning needs of the English for Specific Purposes (henceforth, ESP) training for community-based tourism (henceforth, CBT) practitioners in Meat village, North Sumatera and to investigate the integration of local wisdom in the design of the ESP training for CBT practitioners in Meat village, North Sumatera. Conducted by using mixed methods, this study was carried out involving six CBT practitioners in Meat village. A questionnaire and a focus group discussion were used to gather the data. The data were analyzed descriptively to provide a complete understanding of the research objectives. The findings of the study revealed that the target needs consisted of the participants? necessities in the ESP training, the participants? lacks, and the participants? wants towards the ESP training. In addition to this, learning needs comprised of the content materials, teaching and learning activities, medium of instruction, and time preference of the ESP training. The findings also revealed that local wisdom integrated in the design of the ESP training motivated the participants in learning and was considered providing authentic as well as meaningful learning experiences. The findings of this study provided an implication for ESP material developers and a contribution to studies of ESP for CBT in Indonesian context. AV - public SN - 2715-7512 UR - https://doi.org/10.21460/saga.2022.32.135 A1 - Lemmuela Alvita Kurniawati A1 - Susanti Malasari PB - Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana ID - katalog9320 TI - LOCAL WISDOM IN DESIGNING ESP FOR COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM PRACTITIONERS: A STUDY OF NEEDS ANALYSIS ER -