An Analysis of Culinary Art Vocational Students’ Needs in Learning English at the Public Vocational High School Number 9 Padang

The purpose of this study is to analyze English needs of culinary art students of Vocational High School Number 9 Padang in learning procedure text particularly recipe. It employed qualitative research method. The subjects of this study were eleventh grade Culinary Art students of SMK N 9 Padang (Vocational High School Number 9 Padang). One out of seven classes was chosen to be the sample of this study which consist of 32 students. The data were collected through questionnaires and interview guide. A questionnaire administered to each of the students and an interview was done to an English teacher who teach them. The questionnaire covers three things as the benchmark of students’ needs in learning procedure text particularly recipe in English class which are necessities, lacks,and wants of the students. It was analyzed by looking at the mean value of thestudents answers. The interview recording was also analyzed to get deeperanswer from the teacher. The result of the study showed that the most importantactivity that should be done in learning procedure text particularly recipe isreading activity. Meanwhile, the skill that must be mastered by the students inorder to perform well in their future carrier was speaking skill