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the biggest students‟ intrinsic motivation in learning English is to improve their language skill and for their social interaction with native speakers Jefizai, 2012.
4. English for Global Education
This last category is an attempt to figure out the students‟ perceptions toward the importance of English in globalization.
The result of this category shows that more than 90 of the participants gave good attitudes to each item. It means the majority of the students were aware
about the importance of English for global education. Besides believing that English is important for the globalization, the participants saw that English is
needed by their country to follow the global development, like Zacharias 2003 said that without English, people in Indonesia would be left behind and unable to
compete Zacharias, 2003, p. 58. Not only by their country, they also thought that
Table 5. Students’ perceptions on English for global education
Bahasa Inggris dalam globalisasi SS
S +
TS STS
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16 English is important for the
global world development. 41,4
53,1 94,5
4,7 0,8
5,5
17 English is needed by
Indonesia to follow the global world development.
42,2 53,9
96,1 3,9
0,0 3,9
18 English helps you to know
much about the global world.
43,8 50,0
93,8 5,5
0,8 6,3
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English is even needed by each of them as a tool to know and learn about global world. It is equivalent to the students‟ quote on Bani-Khaled‟s result that said,
“English is a way for connecting the outside world” Bani-Khaled, 2014, p. 416.
V. Conclusion
This study tries to figure out the students‟ perceptions toward English in four categories based on Focho 2011:
English for academic success, English for international job opportunities, English for international communication, and
English for global education
. Based on the first two general questions, majority of the participants said
that they like the English course in their schools and believed that it would give them some benefits which could be very useful for them. From this result, we can
see that the students enjoy their English course and also the advantages by learn it generally.
The finding of the first category shows that almost all participants agreed with the benefit of English in their academic life. They believed that learning
English could wider their knowledge and also could help them to get information from books or internet. They were really sure that English is important for them to
continue their study abroad. It means that the students were aware about the importance of English for their academic success.
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Then, the result for the second category indicates that most of the participants thought that English is important in their professional life. They
believed that good English skills especially in speaking English fluently could support them in their workplace. They assumed that English could help them to
get a job with international base moreover for them who want to work abroad. They also thought that with English abilities, they could get a better or higher
position in their workplace. This finding shows that the participants understood about what English could do for their future life especially for their career.
Next, the finding of the third category refers to the students‟ perceptions
on the importance of English in communication. Majority of the participants agreed that English is important in communication moreover for international
base. However, more than half of the participants still had a perception that communicate in English is a difficult thing. Realized it, almost all participants felt
that they need to improve their English skills to be better. They believed that good English abilities especially in speaking could help them to increase their self
confidence and also help them in social life including communicating with tourists. They assumed that every people should be capable in English because it
is an international language and become a vital factor in communication internationally.
The last category has the result which shows that most of the participants agreed with the importance of English in global world development. They thought
that English is needed by their country to follow the global development. They also believed that English could help them to know much about global world. It
