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Perception and Interest in English Teaching as Profession

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(A Survey towards Fifth Semester Students of English Department in

Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto)

A THESIS

Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirement S.Pd. Degree

By:

  

DENA YUDIAPASA MULYONO

1201050105

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO

  

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MOTTO

The perfect faith will not leave a practice that can

bring him to God even if there are thousands of

reasons to leave .

( Sayyid Abdullah Al - Haddad )

  

You will never fall if you are afraid to

climb.

  

But there is no joy in living your entire life

on the ground.

  DEDICATION Bismillahirrohmanirrohim

  My praise be toward Allah SWT, Shalawat and salam always be given to our prophet Muhammad SAW. This thesis is heartedly dedicated to:

  1. My beloved parents, Mrs. Emi Yudiarti and Mr. Mulyono, S.Pd. for your countless support, prayers, love, and for your endless forgiveness. You‟ve been through hard times because of me. I love you so much;

  2. Dra. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd., my supervisor, for having inspired and guided me patiently in composing this thesis; 3. all the examiners who have given suggestions and critics to this thesis. Also all my great lecturers in English Department for the invaluable teaching; 4. all chiefs of departments of Teacher Training and Education Faculty; 5. my honorable friend Rina Sukmawati, S.Kom. for motivating me; 6. my dearest classmates in Class D PBI UMP 2012, love you all buddies.

  Thanks for the best time we spent together; 7. everyone who has colored my days in UMP. I‟ll keep our memories in my heart. vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb

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  To The Almighty, Allah, all this thankfulness is presented. Praise is merely to Allah SWT for the gracious mercy, and tremendous blessing that enable me to accomplish this bachelor thesis as a requirements in accomplishing S-1 Degree in English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The writer would like to express his great appreciation to:

  1. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum., the dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of The University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.

  2. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S, M.A. as the head of English Department.

  3. Dra. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd. for the valuable assistance and inspiration as well 4. all chiefs of departments of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, for the permission to conduct research. 5. all lecturers in English Department, for the inspiration, guidance, and patience during study in the university.

  6. Fift semester students of English Department Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for the participation.

  It is a real consciousness that this thesis is still far away from perfection. To do with this, constructive comments, suggestions, and guidance are very welcome for the sake of betterment of the quality of this research.

Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb

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  D. Method of Collecting Data ........................................... 24

  3. Sampling Technique .............................................. 23

  2. Sample ................................................................... 23

  1. Population .............................................................. 23

  CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Method of the Research ............................................... 22 B. Time and Place of the Research.................................... 22 C. Object of the Research .................................................. 23

  C. Previous Research ......................................................... 20

  B. Conceptual Framework ................................................. 19

  b. Professional Competence of English Teacher...... 16

  a. Professional Status ............................................... 14

  3. English teacher as Profession ................................... 13

  c. Factors of Interest ................................................. 12

  b. Aspect of Interest ................................................. 11

  9 a. definition of Interest .............................................

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER ..........................................................................................................

  6 2. Interest ......................................................................

  6 c. Factors of Perception ............................................

  5 b. Aspect of Perception ............................................

  5 a. Definition of Perception .......................................

  CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Perception .................................................................

  3 E. Significance of the Research ........................................ 3

  3 D. The Objectives of the Research ...................................

  2 C. Research Problems .......................................................

  1 B. Reasons of Choosing the Topic ...................................

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Research ........................................

  APPROVAL .................................................................................................. ii LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ........................................................................................... iv MOTTO ......................................................................................................... v DEDICATION ................................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................... vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... viii LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................... xi LIST OF APPENDICES .............................................................................. xiii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... xiv

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  E. Method of Analyzing Data ........................................... 26

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  CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A. Results .......................................................................... 28

  1. Perception .............................................................. 28

  2. Interest ................................................................... 68

  B. Discussion ..................................................................... 44

  1. Perception .............................................................. 44

  2. Interest ................................................................... 47

  CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION A. Conclusion .................................................................... 51 B. Implication .................................................................... 51 REFERENCES APPENDICES

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  LIST OF TABLES 1. Table 3.1.

  Indicator of Questionnaire.............................................................. 25 2. Table 3.2.

  Scoring Sistem of Questionnaire .................................................... 25 3. Table 3.3.

  Interview Guideline ........................................................................ 26 4. Table 3.4.

  Categories of Students‟ Scale......................................................... 27

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  LIST OF FIGURES 1. Figure 4.1.

  Item number 1 ............................................................................... 29 2. Figure 4.2.

  Item number 2 ............................................................................... 29 3. Figure 4.3.

  Item number 3 ............................................................................... 30 4. Figure 4.4.

  Item number 4 ............................................................................... 31 5. Figure 4.5.

  Item number 5 ............................................................................... 32 6. Figure 4.6.

  Item number 6 ............................................................................... 32 7. Figure 4.7.

  Item number 7 ............................................................................... 33 8. Figure 4.8.

  Item number 8 ............................................................................... 34 9. Figure 4.9.

  Item number ................................................................................. 35 10. Figure 4.10.

  Item number 10 ............................................................................. 35 11. Figure 4.11.

  Item number 11 ............................................................................. 36

  xii 12. Figure 4.12. Item number 12 ............................................................................. 37 13. Figure 4.13.

  Item number 13 ............................................................................. 38 14. Figure 4.14.

  Item number 14 ............................................................................. 39 15. Figure 4.15.

  Item number 15 ............................................................................. 39 16. Figure 4.16.

  Item number 16 ............................................................................. 40 17. Figure 4.17.

  Item number 17 ............................................................................. 41 18. Figure 4.18.

  Item number 18 ............................................................................. 42 19. Figure 4.19.

  Item number 19 ............................................................................. 42 20. Figure 4.20.

  Item number 20 ............................................................................. 43

LIST OF APPENDICES 1. APPENDIX A

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  Instrument 2.

   APPENDIX B

  Data Calculation

  

ABSTRACT

Perception and Interest in English Teaching as Profession

(A Survey towards Fifth Semester Students of English Department in

Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto)

  DENA YUDIAPASA MULYONO 1201050105

  The aims of this research were 1) to describe the fifth semester students‟ perception toward English teaching as a profession 2) to reveal the fifth semester students‟ interest in English teaching as a profession. The research was semester students of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. The researcher took 60 students as sample. The instruments of collecting data were questionnaire and interview. Data collection was conducted on December 2016. Based on the research result, researcher concluded that on average the students‟ perception achieved M=2.95 (73.75%) and interest achieved M=2.98 (74.5%). It means that generally the most of fifth semester students had good perception and interest in English teaching as a profession.

  Keywords: perception, interest, English teaching, English teacher, profession xiv