Intercultural Coursebook: Accounting Students’ Needs Toward Reading Materials In Higher Education

The research aimed at analyzing accounting students’ needs in learning English by incorporating intercultural aspects. The research design was a descriptive quantitative research. The research was conducted in Accounting Study Program, Faculty of Business and Economic, the University of Bengkulu. The respondents were 83 accounting students of 2016/2017 Academic Year and one English lecturer. A semi-structured interview, students’ questionnaire, and lecturer’s questionnaire were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The result of the data analysis shown that 1) be able to communicate intercultural became students’ necessity, 2) eight themes were chosen as the theme in intercultural course book, 3) small group learning was the most preferred learning method, and 4) the role of teacher chosen by students was the facilitator of learning