Students' Attitude Toward English Lesson in Vocational High School Salatiga

Abstract

This paper studies the attitudes of Vocational High School 2 Salatiga students towards English lesson in term of their emotional, cognitive and behavioral aspects. English is one of the required courses, but it is not the main course in that school because the students mainly learn about a particular major they took in school. In this study the researcher also examined the role of method and material that were used in class. A total number 88 participants were chosen from three different classes. They were asked to answers the questionnaire and 22 students were choosen to be interviewed in order to get richer data. The study showed that most students have a positive attitude towards English lesson and that they have passion to improve their English. The finding also explored about the students' obstacles and their suggestion toward English lesson in order to improve the quality of the English learning process.