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Table 3. Students’ perceptions on English for international job opportunities
English for international job opportunities
SA A
+ D
SD -
6 Speaking English ability
is important to support my career.
48,4 48,4
96,9 3,1
0,0 3,1
7 English helps you get a
job with international base.
60,9 37,5
98,4 1,6
0,0 1,6
8 English helps you get a
job abroad. 63,3
34,4 97,7
1,6 0,8
2,3
9 English skills help you to
get promoted or get a good position at your
job. 28,1
51,6 79,7
18,8 1,6
20,3
that gave negative attitudes about item number 9. Around 20 of them disagreed with the assumption which said English would help them to get a higher or better
position in their workplace. Perhaps, they thought that it is not always about English, but there are also some possibilities that they can rely on like
performance, achievement, and good relation in the workplace.
3. English for International Communication
This category tries to find out the students‟ perceptions toward the importance of English in communication.
This finding is surprising. More than half of the participants assumed that communicate in English is not easy. It means they found some difficulties and it
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Table 4. Students’ perception on English for communication
English for international communication
SA A
+ D
SD -
10 Communicate in English
is easy. 10,2
31,3 41,4
53,9 4,7
58,6
11 I want to improve my
English abiliities. 46,9
49,2 96,1
3,1 0,8
3,9
12 English is important for
social life. 30,5
53,9 84,
14,1 1,6
15,6
13 English helps you
increase your self- confidence.
32,8 54,7
87,5 10,2
2,3 12,5
14 English helps you
communicate with tourists.
39,8 53,1
93,0 7,0
0,0 7,0
15 Everyone should be
capable in English because it is an
international language. 31,3
56,3 87,5
11,7 0,8
12,5
could decrease their motivation to learn English. The possible solution that may the government or the educators could do is give an English program to the
students to raise their awareness of the importance of English in order to give them a motivation to learn it, like what the government of Cameroon done Focho
2011, p. 10. However, the rest of the items of this category show a good result. More
than 80 of the students gave positive attitudes towards item number 11 to 15. It means a huge number of participants were aware about the importance of English
in communication. It does not take any differen ces with Jefizai‟s result that said
