scholarly journals NON-ENGLISH STUDENTS ‘ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING SPEAKING

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Wulida Makhtuna
Keyword(s):  
Career Aspirations ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
English Class ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
English Major ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Behavioral Attitudes ◽  
English Students

The issue addressed in this research was attitudes of students taking non-English major towards English learning, especially speaking. The study involved 39 students from a compulsory English class at STKIP PGRI Banjarmasin. The data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were arranged to reveal students’ attitudes in three components namely affective, behavioral, and cognitive components. The interviews were conducted to clarify and strengthen the findings from the questionnaires. The results of study showed gaps between affective - cognitive components and behavioral one. Most participated students had positive attitudes towards English learning as seen from the affective and behavioral components; however, their behavioral attitudes showed otherwise. Students’ behavioral attitudes were still negative towards learning speaking. These positives attitudes were caused by several reasons including their career aspirations and awareness of the importance of English. Furthermore, the negative attitudes were caused by their study priorities and other personal reasons. In conclusion, what they felt and believed about English did not match their efforts to study the language.

English Students’ Attitudes towards English Language Teaching and Learning at IAIN Padangsidimpuan

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Royani ◽  
T. Silvana Sinar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Role Models ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
English Students

This study investigated the English students’ attitudes of IAIN Padangsidimpuan towards both English language teaching in terms of (a) language-centered, (b) learner-centered, and (c) learning-centered method; and learning English in terms of scales (a) attitudes toward long-term English learning, (b) interest in culture and communication, (c) perception about studying in school context, (d) images associated with English, (e) English learning activities, (f) exposure to English outside school, (g) self-rated four English skills, (h) self-reported academic English grade, and (i) identification of English role models. The data were obtained by questionnaire and interview from 10 selected students in which 4 male and 6 female students in 7th semester and were analyzed by steps provided by Gay, L.R and Airasian (1996). The result showed:  first, English students’ attitudes towards English language teaching had been found highly onlearning-centered method, followed by learner-centered method in second range, and almost negative view in language-centered method.Second, English students’ attitudes towards English language learningwere positivein scales; long-term English learning, interest in communication, and images associated with English.  Third, role of students’ gender on English language learning were not found. Reasons for this statement are (i) status of English as international language and (ii) equalization of getting education for male and female. Keywords: attitude, language teaching, language learning, and gender

Gender and Attitudes toward Computers and Calculators: Their Relationship to Math Performance

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail F. Munger ◽  
Brenda H. Loyd
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Calculators ◽  
The Relationship

In education, computers and calculators historically have been associated with mathematics and the sciences, and are frequently incorporated into these areas of the curriculum. This may have serious implications for females because of the long history of reported sex differences in achievement and attitudes in mathematics and related disciplines. This study of sixty high school students examines the relationship between mathematics performance and students' attitudes toward technology (computers and calculators), and whether the relationship is similar for males and females. A practice form of the General Educational Development (GED) test was used to measure mathematics performance. Students' attitudes toward computers were assessed by the Computer Attitude Scale, and attitudes toward calculators were assessed by a 4-item measure developed by the authors. In general, students with more positive attitudes toward computers and calculators were found to perform better than students with more negative attitudes.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Gamification in the English Learning Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-47
Author(s):  
Eka Fajar Rahmani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Review Process ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
English Class ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Us ◽  
Context Of Learning ◽  
Positive Results

ABSTRACTThis study aims at displaying the results of reviewing research-based articles about gamification in the context of learning English. The concept of games has changed from a self-entertainment into an edutainment through adjustments and modifications. This notion is adapted by teachers in big countries such as Poland, China, and the US to enhance their English class with surprisingly ensuing positive results (Rothwell & Shaffer, 2019). These results have triggered the writer to find out more about the benefits of gamification and to conduct qualitative research through the review process. The writer collected and analyzed thirteen relevant articles from journals and websites. The results indicated that gamification indeed brought benefits to students. The foremost results included motivation improvement, promoting positive attitudes and better performances, fostering 21st-century skills and better cognitive achievements, encouraging social interaction and independencies, and improving competitiveness among students during the learning process.ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan hasil dari telaah artikel berbasis riset tentang gamifikasi pada konteks pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris. Konsep permainan telah berubah dari hiburan mandiri menjadi edutainment melalui penyesuaian dan modifikasi. Konsep ini, terutama permainan online, diadaptasi oleh para guru di negara-negara besar seperti Polandia, China, dan US untuk meningkatkan aktifitas kelas Bahasa Inggris mereka dengan yang hasil positif yang mengejutkan (Rothwell & Shaffer, 2019). Hasil ini menjadi motivasi penulis untuk menggali lebih dalam tentang manfaat gamifikasi dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris sehingga penulis melakukan penelitian kualitatif melalui proses review. Penulis telah mengumpulkan dan menganalisa tiga belas artikel yang relevan dari jurnal dan situs web. Hasil analisa menunjukkan bahwa gamifikasi memang bermanfaat bagi siswa. Manfaat yang paling utama yaitu meningkatkan motivasi dan penampilan yang baik, mengembangkan keterampilan Abad 21, mendorong interaksi social dan kebebasan, serta meningkatkan daya saing antar siswa selama pembelajaran. How to Cite: Rahmani, E.F. (2020). The Benefits of Gamification in the English Learning Context. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 7(1), 32-47. doi:10.15408/ijee.v7i1.17054

scholarly journals “ENGLISH LEARNING IS LIKE…”: METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PROSPECTIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Heri Mudra ◽  
Nurul Aini
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Attitudes

The present study aimed to examine the attitudes and types of metaphorical perceptions of male and female prospective English teachers (PETs) towards their English learning process. Elicitation sheet with the prompt “English learning is (like) … because …” was used to collect the data. The data were qualitatively analyzed by listing, naming, categorizing, and determining the metaphors. The results of the elicited metaphors reveal that male and female PETs’ attitudes towards English learning process include positive, negative, ambivalent, and neutral perceptions. Both male and female PETs viewed English learning in different attitudes. Male PETs generated more negative attitudes than the positive ones, while female PETs produced more positive attitudes than the negative ones. The findings also show that the metaphors were categorized into several types such as enjoyable activity, construction work, movement/journey, experience, planting/farming, exploration, and things. These types of metaphor imply the importance of the socio-cultural background of the learners. In conclusion, the metaphors help to determine appropriate strategies, methods, and materials for English teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Students’ English Lesson Attitudes and Its Effects on their English Achievement

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-177
Author(s):  
Yuditha Putri Wiwaharini
Keyword(s):  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
English Achievement ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Grade 3 ◽  
Learning English

This research is aimed to analyze students’ English lesson attitude and its effect on their English achievement. This research is a pre-experimental and it was carried out at one joint-cooperation school in Surabaya, Indonesia. Since English is the language that mostly used at the joint-cooperation school, the parents that sent their children there must have high expectations of their children’s English ability. This pressure can affect the students in learning English in the class. Some students will have negative attitudes in learning English because their parents do not want them to fail. Therefore, the researcher took a sample of 17 students in grade 3 as her subjects. The writer used a questionnaire to measure students’ attitude towards English lesson and compare it with students’ English score. The result shows that students’ attitudes do affect their English achievement. Those students who have positive attitudes towards English will stimulate their mood to absorb the information better.

scholarly journals ENDORSING SENSE OF IDENTITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Yuehong Wei ◽  
Li Zhang
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
College English ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
English Class ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
English Major ◽  
Sense Of Identity

Triggered by the lack of students’ sense of identity in English regular class effects their language achievement, this research aimed at developing a kind of teaching mode for building students’ sense of identity with a series of teaching activities. Targeted at 55 non-English major students for one semester, the experiment was to explain the effectiveness of this kind of mode in endorsing student’s sense of identity. Here, the researcher used teaching observation and students’ feedback to collect the data. It revealed that the kind of mode can help improve students’ sense of identity, intrigue their interest, and improve their English learning efficiency.Keywords: sense of identity, college English, regular class, English class, teaching research

scholarly journals The Role of Learners’ Attitudes Toward Parental Involvement in L2 English Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Jung-Tae Kim ◽  
Rusty Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
South Korea ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Korean Efl Learners

This paper seeks to examine Korean EFL learners’ perceptions of parental involvement and how their attitudes toward parental involvement are associated with the success of parental involvement. Two hundred fifty four EFL children in South Korea participated in a survey asking the degree of their parent’s involvement in seven involvement types and their attitudes towards parental involvement. The results showed that while all types of parental involvement were positively correlated with English proficiency for the group of children with positive attitudes towards parental involvement, no such correlations were found for the group of children with highly negative attitudes. In addition, for the group of children with moderately negative attitudes toward parental involvement, only less direct, autonomy-supportive parental involvement was found to be related to their achievement. These results suggest that learners’ attitudes toward parental involvement may be a factor that delimits the positive influence of parental involvement on EFL learners’ achievement.

An Investigation of Chinese Undergraduates’ Ability to Translate Chinese Cultural Items into English and Predictors of Such Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Haiyang Sun ◽  
Yuan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Home Culture ◽  
College English ◽  
English Class ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
English Major ◽  
English Competence ◽  
English Learning Motivation ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates

AbstractCollege English teaching in China has long focused on importing cultures of English countries while neglecting to enhance students’ English competence in home culture. The present research aims to investigate Chinese non-English major undergraduates’ competence in translating Chinese cultural items into English and the significant predictors of such competence. With a test and a questionnaire as research instruments, this study was conducted to assess 82 undergraduates’ ability to translate three different levels of Chinese culture-specific items into English and explored the factors which might have affected the students’ home culture translation ability. The results show that the participants did well in translating the surface layer cultural items, but their performance in sub-surface and deep layer culture translation tasks was far from being satisfactory. It was also found that students had positive attitudes towards Chinese culture and were willing to learn to express Chinese culture in English, but their English learning motivation in general was not strong enough, and they were not given much input on Chinese culture in their English class. Students’ Chinese cultural knowledge and their awareness of the importance of learning Chinese culture in English were found to be the two significant factors that can predict their performance in the translation tasks. These findings have implications for the teaching of culture and cross-cultural communications in EFL classes.

scholarly journals Students' Attitudes on Electronic English Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Yosieka Maharani ◽  
Dedi Rahman Nur
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
English Subject

Along with the development of technology in various aspects of life, technology has a significant impact and influence in today's life. One of the roles of technology in learning activities is to support the learning activities more manageable to accomplish and exciting in the educational sector. One of the developments of technology in the education sector is E-Learning. E-Learning may be an option to be used in class as a learning tool. Especially on English subject when some students may find it difficult, E-Learning could be their alternative to learn English the significance of this study to find out the students' perspective regarding E-Learning in English. The data will be conducted by distributing a questionnaire to students. The objectives of this study are to find out attitudes from students toward E-Learning. The study was conducted in Bunga Bangsa Islamic Junior High School involving 56 students. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect the data, which score analyzed based on the mean score. The result showed students have positive attitudes toward E-Learning. In terms of students' attitudes, it is found that students have positive attitudes toward E-Learning since they found E-Learning is appropriate to use, effective, and excellent technique to help them learn English.

scholarly journals REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: ATTITUDE TOWARDS PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Maison ◽  
Aprizal Lukman ◽  
Nurdatul Jannah ◽  
Dodi Setiawan Putra ◽  
Tari Okta Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Students Attitudes

Purpose of the study: The attitudes of students when learning are behaviors that can be learned from psychology. This study aims to determine the comparison of students' attitudes towards physics and biology in Adhyaksa 1 Senior High School in Jambi City and the State Senior High School 8 in Batanghari Regency, Indonesia. Methodology: The sample used was 282 students consisting of 140 students at Senior High School Adhyaksa 1 Jambi, and 142 students at Senior High School 8 Batanghari, and this type of research was a comparative quantitative study with a survey design. The instrument used was a questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Main Findings: The results obtained indicate that there are differences in the attitudes of students at senior high school Adhyaksa 1 Jambi with Senior high school 8 Batanghari with a ratio of 0.046 attitudes toward physics and 0.032 attitudes toward biology. Shows that students' attitudes toward physics and biology have some comparisons in the Batanghari region and the Kota Jambi. Applications of this study: These findings can contribute to the realm of psychology to enhance students' positive attitudes towards physics and biology subjects in secondary education institutions, especially in the Indonesian region. Negative attitudes towards science, especially towards physics and biology such as those found in senior high schools in the Batanghari Regency and Jambi City, need to be pursued to become positive attitudes. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of this research is to explore the quality psychology knowledge of students for Physics and biology teachers, especially in education. Besides, to find out how students' attitudes towards science, especially physics and biology. In this case, the student attitudes towards physics and biology in the Batanghari Region and Jambi City.

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