T1 Abstract Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Students’ Attitude Toward English Language Learning

STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNING
Hapsari Laksmita Siwi
ABSTRACT

This study addressed the students’ attitude toward English language learning by
students of English Language Education Program (ELEP) in Faculty of Language
and Art (FLA) of Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW). This study
attempted to answer the research question: ‘what is students' attitude toward
English language learning in terms of their behavioral, cognitive and emotional
aspects?'. The participants of this study were 60 students from batch 2013 and
2015 of ELEP. They were asked to complete the questionnaire related to their
attitude toward English language learning and 12 of 60 students were asked for
interview related to their answer in the questionnaire. Through qualitativedescriptive manner analysis, the findings showed that students had positive
attitudes toward English language learning in all aspect; behavioral, cognitive and
emotional aspect. This study might help students to be aware of the importance of
positive attitude in learning English. Moreover, the result also helps the teacher to
appreciate students' feelings, beliefs and behaviors before the intellectual abilities.

Keyword: Attitude, English language learning, EFL