Language Attitude Language Choice of members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara

17 interaction with the environment. Someone who lives in the neighborhood who did not discipline in the language most likely will go well do the same, and vice versa. Some language attitude studies are strictly limited to attitudes toward the language itself. Language attitudes show whether someone happy or not to speak or to use a language. Therefore, the attitude of the language can be grouped into two, namely a positive attitude and negative attitude. According to Chaer 1995: 200 language attitude is a relatively long-term systems of belief or cognition, partly about language, and partly about the object of language which give tendency to someone to react and some certain pleases ways. The attitude is usually be positive if judged as good or preferred or otherwise be negative if judged as not good or dislike.

2.6 Resimen Mahasiswa MENWA

Resimen Mahasiswa abbreviated MENWA is one of the civilan force trained and prepared to defend the homeland as a manifestation of the SISHANKAMRATA People’s Defense and Security System Universe. MENWA also serves as a forum for student participation in the effort to defend the State, the distribution of potential students and the development of values, attitudes, behaviors, skills and independence through exercise patterns of discipline and skill, as the embodiment of the implementation of the rights and obligations of every citizen of the Republic of Indonesia in national defense and as the tradition of fighting spirit and selfless dedication of generations of Student Corps. MENWA as Student Activity Unit level College is a place of creativity development of students who need to constantly nurtured and developed in a planned, ongoing, and gradually. 18 MENWA is national defense reserve component training that given military science such as the use of weapons, combat tactics, survival, skydiving, military martial, military training itself, disguises, navigation and so on. MENWA is also part of the academic community college that played a role in building the public mindset in terms of the importance of awareness of the love of the homeland and defending the country. MENWA was given the authority and responsibility that is different from the other organization and it is directly under of their rectorate itself. In the University of Sumatera Utara is a founding pioneer organization level College Resimen Mahasiswa of Sumatra Utara. It began in February 1976 when the Pusat Cadangan Nasional PUSCADNAS Dephankam RI sends a letter to USU, which it is asking for USU delegate some of his students to follow the leadership of the Resistance Education Cadre Course Public Safety SUSKAPIN WANKAMRA. Exactly one year after the study, exactly 12 February 1977 inaugurated one of the students who enroll as a commandant of University of Sumatera Utara. The inauguration date which was adopted as the date of birth of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara. Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara members which is going to be observed by the writer related to the title of this analysis. The office is located in Jl. Universitas, no.24. This group is full of the people who want learn about the leadership, and the language attitude. It is an organization for leadership and awareness of language attitude in USU. The members of MENWA come from every faculties or even departments in USU such as Medical Faculty, Law Faculty, Nursing Faculty, Public Health Faculty, Agriculture, Mathematics and Natural