motivation and learning success
makes difficult to achieve learning
success.” Students’ opinion about their learning
success “Without having a good attitude,
discipline and motivation aspect then we will not able to achieve
learning success.”
The table shows several responses from the students obtained through the interview. The students responses are elaborated based on the topics presented below.
a. Students’ Attitude
This section presents AD, AE, and AA’s perceptions of the relation between attitude, discipline, motivation, and learning success. AD was the low-achiever of the
GPA. AE was the middle-achiever of the GPA. AA was the high-achiever of the GPA. It had completely been proven by the in-depth interview that were done on January
2017. The students’ responses on the interview showed that most of the students had
positive attitudes on learning English language though the other don’t. This condition can contribute to the positive correlation between attitude and learning success. The
interview showed that the students were not really sure to have sufficient knowledge. They were not really confident about their language competence, including grammar
knowledge, lexical knowledge, and fluency. However, they always study hard to gain better English language competence. They believe that they could had competent
language by the process, thus they felt optimist being able to achieve learning success. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Those elements are con sidered as the significant factors that build students’ self-
efficacy. Most of the students showed positive attitude that they had big willingness to succeed.
“When learning English language, I enjoy it so much though sometimes I
feel bored. On the learning process, I am not really confident with my English language skill. Sometimes I make mistake to say in English.
However, I am responsible for all of my duties though sometimes I
postpone doing my tasks.”AD “When studying, I find the right moment to be
serious and it shows a good attitude though I am still not confident with my English skill. I lack
of English language skill and I should be able to increase it. I am responsible for all tasks assigned by the lecturers and I will do it
seriously.”AE
T his interview also gave information about the contribution of students’ attitude
on learning English language toward the learning success. The low-achiever student stated that sometimes he doesn’t show good attitude on learning English, so does the
middle-achiever student. However, they show positive attitude that they have big willingness to succeed. Meanwhile, the high-achiever stated that she always shows the
good attitude while learning English language since she wants to achieve learning success. The s
tudents could also share whether or not the students’ attitude gave influence to learning success.
“
Yes, attitude aspect gives influence to the learning success because it
shows ones readiness to learn.”AD “
Yes, attitude aspect gives influence to the learning success. By having a
good attitude, we can concentrate to study well.” AE “Yes, attitude aspect gives influence to the learning success. For
instance, our attitude when joining teaching learning activities will results on our learning succes
s.” AA. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
