Exploring Generic Skills In The Curriculum Of English Language Education Department

This study aims to find out what are students' opinion about the English Education Department's current curriculum contents and what are the generic skills that the students want to learn in the English Education Department curriculum. The study employed qualitative methods, the researcher utilized a semi-structured interview technique to collect data with 9 questions arranged for 10 eighth-semester students majoring in English Education, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The results of the study indicate that there are two perceptions regarding the current English Education curriculum. Almost all students agree that the current English Education curriculum is not effective due to the many courses being renamed and also the four English skills being combined into one course. Then, the lack of practice in the classroom and the field so that learning does not run optimally. In addition, there are various kinds of generic skills that students want to learn in the English Education curriculum, namely Translation, Business, Communication skills, Teaching skills, ICT, Problem-solving, and Leadership and Management. All these generic skills are used as the main capital for every university graduate to enter the world of work.