Language Attitude of Undergraduate Students towards English at English Education Department of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University

Wati, Setyo (2016) Language Attitude of Undergraduate Students towards English at English Education Department of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University. S2 thesis, UNY.

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Abstract

This research aims to: (1) describe the language attitudes of undergraduate students of English Education Department of Surakarta Muhamamadiyah University toward English language in terms of their behavioural, cognitive, and affective aspects; and (2) investigate the differences in language attitudes of undergraduate students towards English across gender and length of study at English education department of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University. This research employed a mixed method research design to collect, analyse and to mix both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study. Researcher used theory in a quantitative study to provide an explanation about the relationship among variables in the study. Thus, it is essential to have grounding in the qualitative study. The sample was established using the proportional stratified random sampling technique at the significance level of 5% from King’s Nomogram. The data collection instruments were a questionnaire consisting of closed-ended and open-ended questions, and an interview guide. Content and construct validities were used to enhance the trustworthiness of the study and the reliability testing used internal consistency. The result of the reliability test was analysed by using Cronbach’s Alpha method. The results of the study are as follows. The undergraduate students have different language attitudes, in terms of cognitive, behavioural, and affective aspects of language attitudes towards English. There is a statistic difference in the undergraduate students’ language attitudes towards English across gender. The attitudes of male undergraduate students towards English are higher than that of female ones indicating more positive attitudes towards English. It means that there is a rejection of the null hypothesis, because there is a significant difference between male and female undergraduate students’ attitudes towards English. There is a difference among the three groups in terms of length of English study. The freshman group showed slightly higher language attitudes compared with those of the other two groups.

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	language attitudes, undergraduate students
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	Sekolah Pascasarjana (SPS) > Program Pascasarjana > Linguistik Terapan
Depositing User:	Perpustakaan Pascasarjana
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2016 03:51
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 03:26
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/31977

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