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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD OUT-OF-CLASS LANGUAGE
LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR
LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Irma Dwi Cahyaningrum
112008133

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD OUT-OF-CLASS LANGUAGE
LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR
LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Irma Dwi Cahyaningrum
112008133

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD OUT-OF-CLASS LANGUAGE
LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR
LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Irma Dwi Cahyaningrum
112008133

Approved by:

Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum.
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Anne I. Timotius, M.Ed.
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Supervisor

Examiner

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112008133
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Language and Literature
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD OUT-OF-CLASS LANGUAGE
LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR
LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum.

Anne I. Timotius, M.Ed.

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD OUT-OF-CLASS
LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Irma Dwi Cahyaningrum

ABSTRACT
Due to the limited time that the students have in learning English inside the class, they
could not only rely on their in-class-learning. The study on out-of-class language learning
here provides insight on how students of the English Department perceive out-of-class
language learning activities. The purpose of this study is to understand students’ perceptions
toward out-of-class language learning activities and its contributions to their language skills
development. This study used qualitative approach and questionnaires were distributed to 100
seniors to collect the data. The result revealed all of the students agree that out-of-class
language learning is important. Most of them perceive that their outside activities give
contributions to certain language skills. Furthermore, the activities that the students do are
more on receptive skills rather than productive once, such as listening to English songs,
watching movies, browsing in the internet, and using dictionaries. Those are the activities that

the most students have outside the class. Intrinsic motivation also played a big role in their
out-of-class language learning since most of the students have personal goal in doing their
outside learning. Indeed, the biggest contributions of students’ out-of-class language learning
is on listening skill, speaking skill, English vocabularies, reading skill, writing skill and
grammar knowledge.
Key words:

out-of-class language learning, motivation, language skills development

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