English for specific purpose is one of the English language courses for
specific purposes where students who take this course will learn English
according to their needs and the field they are studying. This study raises the case
where the D3-Dental Nurse Department at the Banjarmasin Health Ministry's
English class used ESP in all of their English lessons.
This research uses qualitative descriptive techniques as a research method.
The research data was obtained by conducting interviews with class A students
D3 – Dental Nurse Department class of 2020 and English lecturers who teach in
their classes, interviews here are conducted online. This study uses 3 procedure
steps, namely: Data Condensation, Data Display, and Conclusion Withdrawal and
Verification.
After analyzing the data, the researchers found that D3 – Dental Nurse
Department students used ESP for learning English in their class, and this was
also conveyed by the lecturer who taught them at that time in the first semester of
the students' lectures. Apart from that, the researchers also found out the benefits
students got when studying ESP in their class, the students stated that it was very
helpful for them to practice vocabulary on medical devices as well as soft skills
for finding a job.