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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ OPINIONS OF NESTs
TEACHING INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH TRANSLATION
CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Widhy Astuti
112009134

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ OPINIONS OF NESTs
TEACHING INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH TRANSLATION
CLASSES
THESIS

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

Widhy Astuti
112009134

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

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Widhy Astuti

Acknowledgements

I am so grateful that I have finally finished my thesis successfully. First of
all, I acknowledge with my biggest gratitude and praise to my greatest Lord,
ALLAH SWT for blessing me with the strength, guidance and kindness. It is only
by His grace and bless that I could finish my study.
I would like to acknowledge my thesis special for my parents and siblings
who never tired of loving me, for all the supports, prayers, beliefs, advices,
encouragements, and helps which mean so much for me. I am also highly grateful
to my thesis supervisor, Maria Christina Eko S, M.Hum for having taught me
so much, for the guidance, supports, time, helps, and patience especially during
the consultation. I am thankful for her comments and suggestions that really help
me in writing my thesis. I would also thank to my examiner, Drs. Martha
Nandari, M.A for her time and willingness in reading and examining my thesis.

I would also like to thank my best friends Citra, Rowena, Ria, and Nesya
for the supports, helps, and encouragements. Thank you, all ED lecturers and
friends for all great time and unforgettable moments that we shared in ED. Finally
I wish to acknowledge my participants for being so cooperative during the process
of data collection.
Widhy Astuti

English Department Students’ Opinions of NESTs Teaching Indonesian to
English Translation Classes

Abstract
There are some Native English Speaker Teachers (NESTs) teaching at the
English Department Satya Wacana Christian University where I study. They teach
various courses including Indonesian to English Translation classes. When I took
an Indonesian to English translation class with a NEST as the teacher, I
experienced some misunderstanding in the learning process. This experience
triggerd my curiousity on how other students view NESTs teaching Indonesian to
English Translation classes. This study was aimed to find out the students‟
perceptions of this matter. The participants of this study were a hundred English
Department students of Satya Wacana Christian University. They are those who

already took Indonesian to English Translation classes taught by NESTs.
Questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data then analyzed
quantitatively. The first finding showed that the majority of the participants found
the explanation given by NESTs in Indonesian to English translation classes
unclear. The second finding, related to the appropriateness of NESTs teaching
Indonesian to English Translation, revealed that almost a half of the participants
thought that NESTs were not appropriate for teaching Indonesian to English
Translation classes. According to the participants, NESTs are better when
teaching English to Indonesian Translation but not Indonesian to English
Translation classes. The study suggests that Indonesian to English Translation
classes at the English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University would be
better if taught by Non-Native English Speaker Teachers (NNESTs) or NESTs
(Native English Speaker Teachers) who really have a certain level of mastery of
the Indonesian language and culture.
Keywords: NEST (Native English Speaker Teacher), students‟ opinions,
Indonesian to English Translation class.