Altman et al add that self-concept is very important because it will determine what a person perceives and do. For example, a student who feels that he or she is
an independent person, he or she will enjoy and like to be in the environment which requires his or her independence, as in the implementation of independence
learning which requires the students’ independence in learning the material. The students’ self-concepts can shape their like or dislike towards the implementation
of independent learning.
B. Theoretical Framework
Autonomy is considered as an effective learning in language learning Dafei, 2007: 2 Benson, 2001: 2 Autonomy in learning is defined as the capacity to
take charge of or responsible for the learners’ own learning Holec, 1979:3. An autonomous learner is considered has capability in understanding the purpose of
learning or able to direct the whole learning, selecting method and material in learning, choosing criteria for evaluation, actively engaging in learning and
exploring freedom. In order to create autonomous learner, teacher has to provide a kind of learning which exercised those capability of autonomous learner. In this
regard, autonomous learning should give the students enough practices on determining the aims of the learning, selecting method of the learning, choosing
the material supporting their learning and evaluating their progress. As consequences of implementing autonomous learning, there are changes of
the teacher’s roles, students’ roles and objectives of the learning. Since autonomous learning is learning in which the students take greater control of
their own learning, the objectives of the learning must be the students’ own objectives. The students will be more active in their learning rather than depend
for their learning on the teacher. Therefore, the teacher will have less control over the whole of learning. At this point, teacher will places himselfherself as
the facilitator of learning. The students’ and teacher’s role in learning indicate how autonomous
learning is carried out. The students’ involvement in learning points out that the learning facilitated the students to exercise their autonomy. Moreover, the
teacher’s role in diminishing learning control supports the attempt to create autonomous learning setting. The implementation of autonomous learning gives
opportunity for the students to be active and responsible for their learning. However, students might perceive autonomous learning differently because they
were not accustomed to work independently from the teacher. In this study, the writer attempts to answer two questions. First is to find out
how autonomous learning was implemented in Extensive Reading II class. Second is to find out the students’ perception of autonomous learning in Extensive
Reading II. Autonomous learning may well be implemented to exercise the ideal autonomy by giving the students greater opportunity to manage their whole
learning. Autonomous learning could also be implemented by integrating it with the tasks and assignment related to particular subjects. The implementation of
autonomous learning gives opportunity for the students to be active and responsible for their learning. However, students might perceive autonomous
learning differently. They might perceive it positively or negatively. The positive PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
perception of autonomous learning indicates that the students are ready to learn autonomously. Students’ confidence and a sufficiently high self perception of
competence are also important in the context of developing their autonomy because it is argued that, when combined with a perceived internal situation of
control and intrinsic motivation, they predispose students towards taking responsibility for their learning. The capacity to behave autonomously is
enhanced by self perception of competence. The negative perception of autonomous learning and on their capability indicated that the students were not
ready enough for autonomous learning.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents detailed discussion about the methodology used in this research. It includes the description of the research method, the research
participants, the research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique and the research procedure.
A. Research Method
In order to answer the research problems, the researcher employs survey method in this study. According to Fraenkel and Wallen 1994: 11 survey is a
research in which the researchers summarize the characteristics of individual or groups, such as abilities, preferences and behaviour or characteristic of physical
environment. Furthermore, Ary, Jacobs and Razavieh 2002: 374 argue that “survey is a research technique in which data are gathered by asking question of a
group of individuals”. Since this study investigated the students’ perception of autonomous learning in Extensive Reading II class, survey method was an
appropriate method to be conducted. This study gathered the data by asking questions to the students of Extensive Reading II class. The data was about the
students’ perception of autonomous learning. The data obtained were in form of both quantitative and qualitative data. The qualitative data were in form of the
results of interviews and the quantitative data were the data from the results of the questionnaires.
