Autonomous Learning Activities and Plans
other people
in English.
10 I use library to improve my English.
6 10
29 35
20 3.53
11 I use audio-visual materials to develop
my speech such as: listen to BBC, watch
English movies, read English
newspapers etc. 5
10 20
30 35
3.8
12 I attend different seminars,
Training courses, conferences
to improve
my English.
27 15
27 17
14 2.76
13 I take risk in learning the English
language. 18
10 27
31 14
3.13 Total Means
3.122
Those items in the table above were to measure the autonomous activities and plans that the learners used beyond the
class activities. The table shows that only 16 of the population always practiced English outside the class also through recording their own
voices, speaking to other people in English or other such activities. But 59 did not agree to item 9; while 25 did it sometimes. The average
value 2.39 shows the activity was practiced only by an average number of the learners. Regarding item 10 - the use of library to learn English,
55 always used it as their part of autonomous learning activities. On the contrary, 16 of them used only rarely and 29 used library only
sometimes. The mean is 3.53, which shows that the learners made good use of library. We can also observe that item 11 was always practiced by
a great number, i.e. 65. There were 15 who rarely used the audio- visual materials to develop speech. The learners who sometimes did
remained 20 of the learners. The average value is 3.8. Item 12 was prepared to assess how often the learners attended different seminars,
training courses and conferences to improve their English. The results show that only a minority or about 21 of them
always undertook the activity. The majority or 42 did it rarely; while 27 of them practiced it sometimes. The weighted mean 2.76 reflects the
low adoption of the activity. Whether the learners took risk in learning English or not was investigated by item 13. The analysis is that 45 took
risk in learning 28 did rarely; and 27 of the subjects could do so only sometimes. The mean of the responses 3.13 implies that the learners also
practice the activity on average. The average of all the means is 3.122. Table 3 reflects the beliefs about language learning which refers
to very specific assumption about how to learn a language and about the kinds of activities and approaches they believe to be useful as “The best
way to learn a language is to mix with native speakers of the language and You need to practice every day to improve your English Richards
and Lockhart, 2005 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI