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felt that it was not necessary to cheat. They were sure with their own answers. Besides, it was not possible for them to cheat since the lecturer was extremely
strict and he did not tolerate any kinds of cheating. In contrast, student E was one participant who was not motivated to do the
weekly tests. Further, he also felt not confident during the tests. Having no motivation to master vocabularies made him unprepared to deal with the weekly
tests. This situation was the major reason why he was not confident anytime he had to deal with weekly tests.
It was interesting to find out that four participants of the research were tense during the tests. Student A, student B, student C and student D felt the same
condition when doing the weekly tests. They were nervous since the situation of the tests was tightening. To be more detailed, student C, one of the participants
stated that the situation of the tests was horrifying. He declared that the lecturer could notice every single movement which happened in the classroom.
c. Discussion
Founded on the data acquired from the questionnaire and interview, obviously it could be witnessed that most students perceived the implementation
of weekly tests positively. The majority of them was in the same opinion about the process of teaching learning in the class. However, it was indisputable that a small
number of students perceived the process of teaching learning in class negatively. In this section, the researcher discussed about how the students perceived the
process of teaching learning in the class further. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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1 Students Have Positive Perceptions on the Implementation of Weekly Tests
Having discussed the data analysis obtained from the questionnaire and interview, it could be clearly described that most students perceived the weekly
tests positively. Based on the results of the questionnaire, there were 85 of students who had higher level of interest in the implementation of weekly tests.
This fact has been confirmed by the results of the interview. Truthfully, interest means much to build someone’s perception on
something. Rooted in the data obtained, the students who were interested in weekly tests commonly had positive motivation and self confidence when doing
the tests. As a result, they worked on the tests wholeheartedly. This phenomenon implied that positive perception which had been built at the beginning led the
students to have positive response too. Since they were interested in the weekly tests, they were highly motivated when doing the tests. They also had self
confidence to do the tests seriously without any intention to cheat. Based on the discussion above, the researcher found that actually the
students’ positive
interests initiated
their positive
perceptions on
the implementation of weekly tests. Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985: 86 stated
that “Of all the stimuli with which we are surrounded, we focus on only a small number.” It means that each student selects stimuli on the basic of hisher interest.
It was reinforced by Gibson 1985: 66 who acknowledged that people have a propensity to ignore factors or cues which might make them not comfortable.
Among all stimuli, the students only selected a small number of them, namely to be interested in the implementation of weekly tests which made himher
