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Publication Date: 2019
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An Exploration of English Students' Attitude towards English Learning
Zulfikar, Teuku; Dahliana, Syarifa; Sari, Riska Amelia
English Language Teaching Educational Journal, v2 n1 p1-12 2019
Attitude is one of the success factors in language learning. It includes students' feelings, beliefs, and behavior tendencies. This study was conducted using the qualitative method exploring English Department students' attitude towards English learning. The main focus of the study was to discover students' belief on English, and to understand students' attitude, feeling and behavior on learning English. The data were collected through semistructured interview. The participants of the research were six students selected purposively to participate in an interview session. The results indicated that English department students showed positive attitude in three points of cognitive aspect; the students' reason for learning English, the students' level of English competence, and the students' thinking towards learning English which they considered important. Moreover, the students had four positive points of emotional attitude; the students' interest in learning English, the students' feeling in learning English, the students' preference in learning English, and the students' enjoyment in learning English which all showed good feeling towards learning English. Furthermore, the students had three positive points in behavioral attitude; the students' attention during learning English, students' positive participation during the English learning. In sum, it can be said that English Department students were found to have positive attitudes toward learning English.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. Kampus 4, Jl. Ringroad Selatan, Tamanan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, 55166 Indonesia. e-mail: eltej@pbi.uad.ac.id; Web site: http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/index
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Language: English
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