Students’ Attitude Toward English Language Learning

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 qualitative-descriptive 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.