Instrument of Data Collection

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5. Data Analysis

The results of the questionnaires were analyzed using manual mathematically system. To analyze the data, I counted how many participants chose “ strongly agree ”, how many chose “ agree ” , and so on.

IV. Findings

This section discusses the research findings in order to answer the research question about “What are the Indonesian students of senior high school‟s perceptions toward English?” From the responses to question number 1, we can see that the majority of the students liked the English course 76,6. 18,8 of them answered strongly agree and 57,8 agree. However, there is a significant number of them that disliked the course 23,4, 22,7 disagreed and 0,8 strongly disagreed. For question number 2, almost all students showed a positive attitude towards the advantages that they got from learning English generally. 97,7 of the participants agreed 43,8 strongly agree 53,9 agree and only 2,3 of them disagreed with the question number 2. Table 1. Student s’ perceptions on English generally No. Questions SA A + D SD - 1 I like English courses. 18,8 57,8 76,6 22,7 0,8 23,4 2 I agree with the benefit I got from learning English generally. 43,8 53,9 97,7 2,3 0,0 2,3 14 From these two questions, we can say that the majority of the participants like English course and enjoy the advantages they got from learning it. In the other side, a few of them think that they dislike their English course. It could be an obstacle in developing their English abilities, because someone would find some difficulties in learning something if heshe did not like what heshe learnt first. The rest of the questions which will be discussed are divided into 4 categories according to Focho ‟s classification 2011, they are: English for academic success, English for international job opportunities, English for international communication, and English for global education .

1. English for Academic Success

The results of this category will indicate the students‟ views of the importance of English in academic aspect. Table 2. Students’s perceptions on English for academic success English for academic success SA A + D SD - 3 I agree that learning English will wider my knowledge. 48,4 49,2 97,7 1,6 0,8 2,3 4 English is important to continue study abroad. 68,8 31,3 100 0,0 0,0 5 English is important for information research bookinternet. 46,1 47,7 93,8 6,3 0,0 6,3