even learners themselves. There is still little attention about out-of-class language activities because out-of-class language activities are generally learners-initiated
and hidden from teachers‟ view as stated in Benson 2011. By giving support to the eighth grade students since they were in Junior High School can affect their
encouragement to engage themselves in the out-of-class language activities when they are in Senior High School and universities. That is the reason why student
s‟ engagement in English activities outside the class, the kinds of out-of-class
language activities they conduct, whether it is done for learning, for pleasure or for communication are interesting and challenging aspects to explore further.
This indicates that the need for enhancing the learning of English is not limited to the classroom, but can take place at any time and in any place, including
the home as stated by Hylland 2004. This study is proposed to study more about the kinds of out-of-class language activities conducted by the eighth grade
students of Johannes Bosco Junior High School Yogyakarta whether those activities are done for learning, for pleasure, or for communication.
B. Research Problem
The problem of the study is formulated in the following question: What kinds of out-of-class language activities were the eighth grade students of
Joannes Bosco Junior High School engaged in? PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
C. Research Limitation
This study was conducted with three classes of five parallel classes of eighth grade junior high students, namely, Joannes Bosco Junior High School
Yogyakarta. They were involved in the study as respondents to provide information about their engagement in out-of-class language activities. The data is
presented as the preliminary data because the process of collecting the data is still too broad, only to get the broad information from the total population.
D. Research Objective
Based on the problem formulation, this study has one objective: To investigate the kinds of out-of-class language activities that the eighth grade
students of Joannes Bosco Junior High School Yogyakarta engaged in.
E. Research Benefits
This study is hopefully beneficial for:
1. For English teachers
This study aims to offer new insight for English teachers in accommodating students
‟ out-of-class language activities. The English teachers of Joannes Bosco Junior High School may use the result of this study as an input to
encourage the students to engage themselves in the proper kinds of out-of-class language activities.
2. For the students of Joannes Bosco Junior High School
This study aims to provide knowledge and information for the students of Joannes Bosco Junior High School to engage themselves in out-of-class language
activities to support English learning in the classroom. Consequently, they are suggested to choose the appropriate activities to support their English learning in
the classroom. 3.
For other researchers This study aims to provide knowledge and information for other
researchers. Hopefully, the results of this study can provide useful information for other researchers for their own study related to the out-of-class language
activities. They can conduct studies on more specific aspects of out-of-class language activities as the kinds of out-of-class language activities to support high
achievement in learning English .
F. Definition of Terms
