STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARD ENGLISH, LANGUAGE LEARNING, AND ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKER
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sikap siswa SMA kelas dua di kecamatan Gisting terhadap Bahasa Inggris, pengajaran Bahasa Inggris, dan penutur Asli Bahasa Inggris dan faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi sikap mereka. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode mixed-method dimana tahap kuantitatif dilakukan sebelum tahap kualitatif. Data penelitian didapatkan dari kuisioner dan wawancara kelompok yang sudah ditentukan. Ada 120 siswa kelas dua angkatan 2014 – 2015 dari empat sekolah menengah atas. Para siswa menunjukkan sikap positif seiring dengan nilai rata-rata yang diraih mencapai 3.6684 dari 120 siswa terhadap tiga variable yang diberikan. Temuan pada tahap wawancara menunjukkan bahwa sikap positif siswa muncul karena adanya motivasi yang mereka miliki; instrumental dan integrative. Para guru dianjurkan untuk mengindahkan dan mengetahui perasaan, kepercayaan, kebutuhan, dan sikap siswa dengan seksama sebelum merancang rencana program pembelajaran untuk mempertahankan sikap positif terhadap Bahasa Inggris dan pengajarannya.
This study investigated students' attitudes towards English, English language learning, and native speaker of English at second grade of senior high schools in Gisting subdistrict and factors that may have influenced students' attitudes. This research employed a mixed-method methodology where the quantitative phase preceded the qualitative phase. The data were collected from questionnaires and focus group interview. There were 120 students of 2014-2015 academic year from four senior high schools. The students showed positive attitudes as there was 3.6684 of total mean score gained by 120 students toward three variables presented. The interview findings revealed that the students' positive attitude may be caused by their motivation; instrumental and integrative. The teachers should respect and carefully investigate about students' feelings, beliefs, need, and behaviors before designing English courses to maintain the positive attitudes towards English and English language learning.
Keywords: attitude, language learning, native speaker
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